N.J., detailed the senator's fall from grace and the impact it will have on his legacy, in a New York Times report.

Former New Jersey Sen. Bob Menendez was sentenced Wednesday on 16 counts of bribery, extortion, conspiracy and obstruction of justice.

Prosecutors are urging a federal judge to sentence the former Democratic senator from New Jersey to 15 years in prison.

Former Senator Bob Menendez faces sentencing on corruption charges in federal court, with prosecutors seeking a 15-year sentence and the defense requesting leniency.

NEW YORK — Former U.S. Sen. Bob Menendez was sentenced Wednesday to 11 years in prison for accepting bribes of gold and cash and acting as an agent of Egypt—crimes his lawyer said he’s been mocked for as “Gold Bar Bob.”

Former Democratic New Jersey Sen. Bob Menendez was sentenced to 11 years in prison Wednesday for a brazen bribery scheme that saw him put his political influence up for sale in exchange for stockpiles of cash,

Prosecutors argued Menendez’s “conduct may be the most serious for which a U.S. Senator has been convicted in the history of the Republic.”

Bob Menendez, 71, was found guilty on all 16 counts in his federal trial, becoming the first sitting member of Congress to be convicted of acting as a foreign agent.

Former Sen. Bob Menendez and his co-defendants have vowed to appeal their sentences and hope to remain out of prison during the process.

Former U.S. Sen. Bob Menendez has been sentenced to 11 years in prison for his conviction for accepting bribes of gold and cash and acting as an agent of Egypt, crimes his own lawyer said earned him the nickname “Gold Bar Bob.

Menendez had been convicted of accepting bribes of gold bars and cash while representing New Jersey in the Senate.