{"id":4768,"date":"2026-01-25T11:54:31","date_gmt":"2026-01-25T11:54:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/auditcops2026.com\/?p=4768"},"modified":"2026-01-25T11:54:32","modified_gmt":"2026-01-25T11:54:32","slug":"former-top-democrat-senator-sentenced-to-11-year-prison-term","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/auditcops2026.com\/?p=4768","title":{"rendered":"Former Top Democrat Senator Sentenced To 11-Year Prison Term"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"552\" height=\"552\" src=\"https:\/\/auditcops2026.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/image-61.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4769\" srcset=\"https:\/\/auditcops2026.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/image-61.png 552w, https:\/\/auditcops2026.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/image-61-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/auditcops2026.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/image-61-150x150.png 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 552px) 100vw, 552px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Former Sen. Bob Menendez (D-N.J.) called his 11-year prison sentence for corruption a \u201cpolitical prosecution,\u201d citing former President Trump\u2019s legal troubles as evidence of a biased justice system.Political corruption books<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Convicted of accepting bribes and acting as an agent for Egypt, Menendez became the first U.S. official found guilty of serving a foreign government while in office.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Outside court, Menendez said, \u201cPresident Trump was right\u2026 this process is political and corrupt.\u201d He didn\u2019t say whether he would seek a pardon from Trump.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Menendez resigned from the Senate last year after losing his committee chair. He is reportedly considering a political comeback, possibly as an independent.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Former Sen. Bob Menendez (D-N.J.) called his 11-year prison sentence for corruption a \u201cpolitical prosecution,\u201d citing former President Trump\u2019s legal troubles as evidence of a biased justice system.Political corruption books Convicted of accepting bribes and acting as an agent for Egypt, Menendez became the first U.S. official found guilty of serving a foreign government while [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4768","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/auditcops2026.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4768","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/auditcops2026.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/auditcops2026.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/auditcops2026.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/auditcops2026.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=4768"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/auditcops2026.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4768\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4770,"href":"https:\/\/auditcops2026.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4768\/revisions\/4770"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/auditcops2026.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4768"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/auditcops2026.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4768"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/auditcops2026.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4768"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}