Breaking news: Nadine Menendez sentenced in bribery case
The wife of Robert Menendez, a former U.S. senator, said her husband had led her astray.
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Sep. 11, 2025, 1:07 p.m. ET

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Nadine Menendez Sentenced to 4 ½ Years in Bribery Case

The wife of the former New Jersey senator Robert Menendez was sentenced for her role in a scheme to trade her husband’s political clout for cash, gold and a Mercedes-Benz. Menendez told the judge her husband led her astray. “I put my life in his hands and he strung me like a puppet,” she said.

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