In 4.5 years in prison, Bob Menendez’s wife was convicted – he threw responsibility for him

A US court sentenced his wife Bob Menendez, Nandin, to 4.5 years in prison. According to the Reuters agency, Nandin Menendez accused him of being a brain of the plan to accept a series of bribes, including cash, gold bars and a Mercedes Benz. US regional judge Sidney Stein announced the sentence saying he was not innocent. In addition to the prison sentence, she also imposed a fine of $ 922,000. Nadin Menendez said on her part that she did only what her husband told her, saying that “there was no way to drag me or ask me to do something illegal, or at least so I believed.” “He was manipulating me like a puppet,” Nandin Menendez argued in court, saying with tears in the face: “I blindly trusted him.” Prosecutors have requested that she be sentenced to at least seven years in prison, arguing that she had played a “critical role” in bribes. Her lawyers asked for leniency, citing, among other things, the fact that she is suffering from cancer and needs to undergo […]
Source: News Beast

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