Nadine Menendez Gets 4.5 Years and Blames Husband for Bribes

The wife of former Senator Bob Menendez was sentenced to 4 1/2 years in prison after she tearfully blamed her husband for masterminding a plan to accept an array of lavish bribes, including cash, gold bars and a Mercedes Benz.

Nadine Menendez, 58, was convicted by a federal jury in Manhattan in April for playing what prosecutors said was a crucial role in a years-long bribery scheme with her husband, once an influential Democrat from New Jersey who was chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee.