Overview

• Nadine Menendez, convicted in April on 15 counts tied to a bribery and foreign-influence scheme, is set to be sentenced on Sept. 11 by Judge Sidney H. Stein in Manhattan federal court.
• In a sentencing memo, prosecutors say she played a critical role for years, promising influence over national security matters and billions in U.S. military aid to Egypt while seeking to disrupt criminal investigations.
• The government argues she put a senator’s office up for sale for cash, gold, a luxury car and a no-show job, and it asks for at least seven years in prison.
• Her attorneys seek a sentence of 12 months and one day, citing lifelong trauma and ongoing breast cancer treatment, supported by medical letters that question the Bureau of Prisons’ ability to provide necessary care.
• Bob Menendez, serving 11 years, wrote the judge from prison to express regret over his trial team’s “money hungry” characterization of his wife and to urge leniency, while prosecutors point to co-defendants’ seven- and eight-year terms as benchmarks.