CNN: Fmr. Dem Sen. Bob Menendez Sentenced to 11 Years in Prison

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SCANNELL: “So, the former senator did not betray any emotional reaction when the judge handed down that sentence of 11 years, but he did address the court before the judge did issue the sentence. And during that time, Menendez told the judge that he was standing before him as a chastened man. He said that every day I’m awake is a punishment. I lost everything I ever cared about. At various times, he became choked up, having to stop when he was speaking, talking about the ways he had helped certain constituents over the years and the achievements that he had achieved for not only himself but the Hispanic community, he said, through his election. But as the prosecutors had said to the judge, that at some point Menendez had turned that public service into service for himself.”