 He sold the power of the Senate that he had in Washington, D.C. for $480,000 in cash bribes, as well as 13 gold bars found in his wife's closet, a Mercedes Benz, and other lavish and expensive gifts. Attorneys for all three defendants argued the gifts were not bribes, but U.S. Attorney Damian Williams says this was politics for profit. And now that the jury has convicted Bob Menendez, his years of selling his office to the highest bidder have finally come to an end.