 A federal jury in New York City convicted Senator Robert Menendez, Democrat of New Jersey, on 16 corruption-related counts. He denies all of them. Damian Williams is U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York. 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.