Overview

• Former Senator Bob Menendez will be sentenced on January 29, 2025, after a judge rejected his request to delay the proceeding.
• Menendez's legal team argued that his sentencing could influence the jury in his wife Nadine Menendez's upcoming trial on related charges.
• Nadine Menendez's trial, originally scheduled for January 21, has been moved to February 5 due to health concerns and legal scheduling conflicts.
• Bob Menendez was convicted in July on 16 corruption charges, including accepting bribes and acting as a foreign agent for Egypt, and faces up to 222 years in prison.
• Nadine Menendez has pleaded not guilty to charges of corruption and was previously tried alongside her husband before her case was separated due to a breast cancer diagnosis.