@abcnewslive: BREAKING: Former Sen. Bob Menendez has been sentenced to 11 years in prison on corruption charges after being convicted of abusing the power of his office and aiding Egyptian interests in exchange for bribes in the form of cash, gold bars and a car. “You stood at the apex of our political system,” Judge Sidney Stein said in issuing the sentence. “Somewhere along the way, you lost your way.” A jury found Menendez, 71, guilty on all 16 counts last year in his federal trial, becoming the first sitting member of Congress to be convicted of acting as a foreign agent. The former New Jersey senator, who served for nearly 18 years and resigned in the wake of his conviction, has maintained his innocence. “I have never violated my oath,” Menendez said outside the courthouse following the verdict in the nine-week trial. “I have never been anything but a patriot of my country and for my country. I have never, ever been a foreign agent.”

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