{"id":6283,"date":"2026-02-16T03:40:18","date_gmt":"2026-02-16T03:40:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/auditcops2026.com\/?p=6283"},"modified":"2026-02-16T03:40:18","modified_gmt":"2026-02-16T03:40:18","slug":"former-top-democrat-senator-sentenced-to-11-year-prison-term-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/auditcops2026.com\/?p=6283","title":{"rendered":"Former Top Democrat Senator Sentenced To 11-Year Prison Term"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><\/p>\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.<\/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<figure class=\"wp-block-post-featured-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"552\" height=\"552\" src=\"https:\/\/auditcops2026.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/493053948_122164413746373335_6191741965471833988_n-1.jpg\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" style=\"object-fit:cover;\" srcset=\"https:\/\/auditcops2026.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/493053948_122164413746373335_6191741965471833988_n-1.jpg 552w, https:\/\/auditcops2026.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/493053948_122164413746373335_6191741965471833988_n-1-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/auditcops2026.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/493053948_122164413746373335_6191741965471833988_n-1-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 552px) 100vw, 552px\" \/><\/figure>","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. 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. [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":6284,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6283","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/auditcops2026.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6283","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=6283"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/auditcops2026.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6283\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6285,"href":"https:\/\/auditcops2026.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6283\/revisions\/6285"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/auditcops2026.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/6284"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/auditcops2026.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=6283"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/auditcops2026.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=6283"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/auditcops2026.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=6283"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}