Topic - Bob Menendez

NEW YORK — Former U.S. Sen. Bob Menendez’s wife told a judge that her husband was “not the man I thought he was” before she was sentenced Thursday to 4½ years in prison for selling the powerful New Jersey politician’s influence in exchange for bribes of cash, gold bars and a luxury car.

Disgraced former Sen. Bob Menendez's wife gets 4 1/2 years in prison for her role in bribery scheme →

Both Nadine and Bob Menendez said they are innocent and never took bribes.

Nadine Menendez, wife of former U.S. Sen. Bob Menendez, convicted in bribery scheme →