Menendez Behind Bars: Democrat Senator Jailed for Bribery and Corruption
By Ben Kochman | New York Post
Bob Menendez is about to spend his “golden” years behind bars.
The disgraced New Jersey Democrat surrendered at a federal prison in Pennsylvania on Tuesday to begin his 11-year sentence for a corrupt scheme that earned him the moniker “Gold Bar Bob.”
Menendez, 71, arrived at FCI Schuykill — a two-and-a-half-hour drive from his Englewood Cliffs home — at around 9 a.m., following his conviction for selling his powerful Senate post to enrich himself with gold bars, cash, and other bribes.
The once-powerful pol was sentenced in January, but was allowed to push off his prison term’s start date after he argued he needed to support his wife, Nadine Menendez, during her trial on similar bribery and corruption charges.
He’s also made a bid to score a la...