Former Sen. Bob Menendez and his co-defendants have vowed to appeal their sentences and hope to remain out of prison during the process.

N.J., detailed the senator's fall from grace and the impact it will have on his legacy, in a New York Times report.

Prosecutors are urging a federal judge to sentence the former Democratic senator from New Jersey to 15 years in prison.

Former U.S. Sen. Bob Menendez has been sentenced to 11 years in prison for his conviction for accepting bribes of gold and cash and acting as an agent of Egypt, crimes his own lawyer said earned him the nickname “Gold Bar Bob.

Former Democratic New Jersey Sen. Bob Menendez was sentenced to 11 years in prison Wednesday for a brazen bribery scheme that saw him put his political influence up for sale in exchange for stockpiles of cash,

Bob Menendez, 71, was found guilty on all 16 counts in his federal trial, becoming the first sitting member of Congress to be convicted of acting as a foreign agent.

Other than family, I have lost everything I ever cared about,” Menendez told the judge. “For someone who spent his entire life in public service, every day I’m awake is a punishment.”

Menendez had been convicted of accepting bribes of gold bars and cash while representing New Jersey in the Senate.

Former U.S. Senator Bob Menendez was sentenced on Wednesday to 11 years in prison for taking bribes including gold bars in exchange for favors for Egypt and New Jersey businessmen.

Former Senator Bob Menendez faces sentencing on corruption charges in federal court, with prosecutors seeking a 15-year sentence and the defense requesting leniency.

Prosecutors argued Menendez’s “conduct may be the most serious for which a U.S. Senator has been convicted in the history of the Republic.”