Former Senator Bob Menendez was guilty of corruption and bribery on Wednesday, and convicted in 11 years in prison.

US Judge Sidney Stein announced the sentence after the hearing in the Manhattan federal court.

Menendez was sentenced on Wednesday to 11 years in prison on the basis of 2024 charges for bribery, including gold bars, In return for grace to Egyptian and New Jersey businessmen.

Former New Jersey Senator had appealed against the conviction, claiming that his conviction of corruption had to be annulled because the jurors looked at unfair evidence during the meeting for the issuance of their verdict. The appeal was not accepted by Judge Stein.

‘You were successful, powerful and at the top of our political system’, Stein said on Wednesday. ‘Somewhere on the way, I don’t know whereyou lost your way » The judge stressed addressing Menendez.

Menendez, who was struggling to hold his tears, was condemned after appealing for leniency to Stein, citing half a century on public affairs. He stated characteristically to the judge: “I lost what I care about.”

The prosecutors had requested that a 15 -year prison sentence be imposed on the former chairman of the powerful US Senate Committee.