The former American senator Bob Menendez is to be delivered today, Tuesday, to a federal prison in Pennsylvaniain order to serve 11 year old sentence for a case bribery.

The 71 -year -old former Democratic Senator, who had also served as chairman of the powerful Foreign Relationship of the Senate, he had been convicted last July for involvement in a corruption circuit, which allegedly benefited himself and his wife, Nandin Menendezwith “golden bars” and cash hundreds of thousands of dollars.

His defense described the sentence as a “death sentence for age”, while Menendez allegedly attempted – without success – to secure presidential grace from both Joe Biden and Donald Trump.

Gold Rods, Mercedes and Ties with Qatar and Egypt

The prosecutors said Mennendez received gifts from New Jersey businessmen in exchange for his support for them, but also to the governments of Egypt and Qatar. The gifts included, among other things, golden bars, a luxurious Mercedes-Benz for his wife, and about $ 480,000 in cash, found in 2022 by the FBI in jackets and wardrobes in his home.

She was convicted of blackmail, conspiracy, obstruction of justice and for doing so as a foreign agent, while his wife Nadin will be tried in September after her own trial was postponed to health problems.

Menendez also demanded that he remain free pending an appeal against the decision, which was recently rejected by the Court of Appeal.

In accordance with Nbc newshis associates have repeatedly attempted to secure a presidential grace or a reduction in sentence by Donald Trump – with no result. Although Trump has granted several grace to political corruption cases, they concerned persons who publicly supported him – and not Menendez, who had voted in favor of his deportation in both rounds of referral.

It is noteworthy that the former senator has adopted the rhetoric of “political persecution” and “tooling of justice” – phraseology that Trump used in his own persecution.

Menendez will serve his sentence in the mid -security federal prison, which has a adjacent low -security unit.