Federal prosecutors recommended a 15-year prison sentence for former Sen. Bob Menendez (D-N.J.), who was convicted this summer of trading his political influence for bribes.

Prosecutors accused the former chair of the powerful Senate Foreign Relations Committee of accepting lavish bribes — including gold bars — to act as a foreign agent of Egypt. A jury in July found Menendez guilty on all 16 counts of bribery, acting as a foreign agent and other federal corruption charges.

This is the first time a senator or public official has been convicted of acting as a foreign........

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