Overview

• Nadine Menendez was convicted in April on multiple bribery and corruption counts and is scheduled to be sentenced on September 11.
• From prison, Bob Menendez wrote to Judge Sidney Stein saying it was wrong to depict his wife as money hungry and asking that she not face additional punishment.
• He told the court she had her own resources and said discussions about bills referenced at his trial stemmed from concerns after her 2018 fatal car crash.
• Her attorneys asked for a sentence of 12 months and 1 day or home confinement, presenting her as a first‑time offender whose life has already been upended.
• Defense experts described long‑term trauma that affected her judgment, and a former Bureau of Prisons physician warned that necessary breast‑cancer care could be difficult to secure in custody.