MICHAEL R. SISAK and LARRY NEUMEISTER Associated Press

NEW YORK — The wife of former U.S. Sen. Bob Menendez is being sentenced for her conviction for selling her husband's influence for bribes of cash and gold bars.

Nadine Menendez, 58, could get as little as a year in prison or multiple years behind bars after she was convicted of colluding with her husband, the former Democratic chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, in a variety of corrupt schemes, some involving assisting the Egyptian government.

Soon after the hearing began Thursday, Judge Sidney H. Stein said he planned to sentence her to a prison term “substantially below” the federal sentencing guideline range of roughly 20 years. The Probation Department had recommended an eight-year prison term.

Prosecutors s

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