The sentence, handed down in a Manhattan courtroom by U.S. District Judge Sidney Stein, would make Menendez one of just several senators in history to be sent to prison.

The former U.S. senator from New Jersey was convicted in July of accepting bribes including gold bars, cash, and a Mercedes-Benz.

Mendez said Trump was "right" about the legal process he went through being "corrupt" in comments outside of the courthouse.

A federal judge will sentence former Sen. Bob Menendez on Wednesday for selling his office — an extraordinary fall even for a politician from a state as notoriously transactional as New Jersey.

Bob Menendez was convicted last year of accepting bribes, including gold bars and a luxury car, from foreign governments.

WBGO's David Matthau reports former New Jersey U.S. Senator Bob Menendez has been sentenced to 11 years in prison

Former Democratic New Jersey Sen. Bob Menendez was sentenced to 11 years in prison Wednesday for a brazen bribery scheme that saw him put his political influence up for sale in exchange for stockpiles of cash,

Menendez had been convicted of accepting bribes of gold bars and cash while representing New Jersey in the Senate.

Former senator Bob Menendez was sentenced to 11 years in prison for operating what prosecutors called one of the most brazen corruption schemes in the country’s history.

While reporters waited outside the Manhattan courthouse waiting for word on ex-Sen. Bob Menendez and his co-conspirators' fate, across the river in New Jersey another sentencing took place with no fanfare that ended a chapter related to the bribery of the senator.

Bob Menendez convicted and sentenced for bribery crimes, but has significant grounds for appeal including Supreme Court official acts ruling.