 It was a familiar refrain from Menendez who has taken a defiant stand ever since he was first indicted in September of last year. A jury in Manhattan deliberated for three days before finding the Democrat guilty of 16 crimes. Moments ago, a jury in this courthouse convicted Senator Robert Menendez of corruption and national security offenses. This case has always been about shocking levels of corruption. Hundreds of thousands of dollars in bribes in the form of cash, gold bars, Mercedes-Benz.