 Almost all millionaires to some level. The jury deliberated for 13 hours over three days before convicting Senator Bob Menendez and U.S. Attorney Damian Williams said the facts never changed. This case has always been about shocking levels of corruption. Hundreds of thousands of dollars in bribes in the form of cash, gold bars, and Mercedes-Benz. Prosecutors said the New Jersey Democrat accepted all of those items in exchange for political favors.