Disgraced former Sen. Bob Menendez (D-NJ) reported to federal prison to begin his 11-year prison sentence on Tuesday, after being found guilty of 16 bribery and corruption charges last summer.
The New Jersey Democrat is in custody at the Federal Correctional Institution, Schuylkill in Minersville, Pennsylvania, where he is “likely” to end up in the minimum-security camp, the Associated Press reported.
Menendez, who prosecutors said accepted bribes of hundreds of thousands of dollars in cash, gold bars, mortgage payments, and more, was found guilty on all charges, including bribery, fraud, acting as a foreign agent, and obstruction on July 16, ABC News reported.
He resigned the month after his conviction and was sentenced this January, along with co-conspirators Wael Hana and Fred Daibes,
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