Bob Menendez to be sentenced in gold bar bribery case that ended US Senate career

By Luc Cohen NEW YORK (Reuters) - Former U.S. Senator Bob Menendez will be sentenced on Wednesday over his 2024 conviction for taking bribes including gold bars in exchange for favors for Egypt and New Jersey businessmen, a case that ended the once-powerful Democrat's political career. Menendez, who spent 18-1/2 years representing New Jersey in the Senate, was found guilty in July on all 16