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 senator Bob Menendez was sentenced to 11 years in prison for operating what prosecutors called one of the most brazen corruption schemes in the country’s history.

Other than family, I have lost everything I ever cared about,” Menendez told the judge. “For someone who spent his entire life in public service, every day I’m awake is a punishment.”

Former U.S. Sen. Bob Menendez has been sentenced to 11 years in prison for his conviction in a scheme that brought him gold bars, cash and a car and what his lawyer says is a new nickname: "gold bar Bob.

Mendez said Trump was "right" about the legal process he went through being "corrupt" in comments outside of the courthouse.

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.

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,

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.

While reporters waited outside the Manhattan courthouse waiting for word on ex-Sen. Bob Menendez and his co-conspirators' fate, across the river in New Jersey another sentencing took place with no fanfare that ended a chapter related to the bribery of the senator.

Bob Menendez convicted and sentenced for bribery crimes, but has significant grounds for appeal including Supreme Court official acts ruling.

At some point along the way… you lost your way,” said Judge Sidney Stein when announcing Bob Menendez' sentence.