Nadine Menendez is found guilty of having taken bribes and obstruction to justice

Nadine Menendez was sentenced Monday to have participated in a complex plot with her husband, Robert Menendez, a former New Jersey senator who was also found guilty of negotiating her political influence for gold, money and a Mercedes-Benz convertible.

A Manhattan jury deliberated for about seven hours over two days before finding Ms. Menendez, 58, guilty of playing a central role in the one -year corruption program and then tried to hide it after learning that she was at the center of a federal investigation.

The judge, Sidney H. Stein of the American district court, set a date of determination of June 12 for Ms. Menendez, who risks a long prison sentence.

Ms. Menendez was charged in September 2023 for accusations of corruption with her husband, but her trial was delayed by month so that she could be treated for breast cancer.

The jury of seven women and five men declared Ms. Menendez guilty of the 15 counts she had faced, in particular corruption, the obstruction of justice and the conspiracy to make Mr. Menendez an agent in Egypt.

After leaving the courthouse, Ms. Menendez was held with her lawyer, Barry Coburn, to speak to journalists.