 New Jersey Senator Bob Menendez has been convicted of bribery, fraud, and illegal foreign agent offenses for using his office's power in exchange for lucrative bribes. Attorney for the Southern District of New York, Damian Williams. This wasn't politics as usual. This was politics for profit. And now that a jury has convicted Bob Menendez, his years of selling his office to the highest bidder have finally come to an end. Menendez will be sentenced on October 29th and could face decades in prison.