U.S. District Judge Sidney H. Stein announced the sentence after Menendez tearfully addressed the judge, saying he'd lost everything he cared about, except for his wife.

Bob Menendez, the disgraced former New Jersey senator, was sentenced to 11 years in prison on Wednesday, Jan. 29, for the gold bar bribery scheme that put an end to his powerful political career

Menendez was found guilty in a corruption case involving tens of thousands in cash and gold and charges of conspiring to work as a foreign agent.