Nadine Menendez was sentenced to four-and-a-half years in prison Thursday following her conviction for serving as partner in crime to her imprisoned husband, ex-Democratic New Jersey Sen. Bob Menendez, in a lucrative bribery scheme that netted gold bullion bars, a Mercedes-Benz convertible and a hoard of cash hidden in their Garden State home.

Nadine was found guilty in April on 15 counts, including conspiracy to commit bribery, conspiring to make her politician husband a secret agent of Egypt, conspiracy to commit extortion, and obstruction of justice for trying to derail a federal criminal investigation.

An inconsolable Nadine appeared to slam her husband in comments to the court before Manhattan Federal Judge Sidney Stein imposed her sentence, turning the tables after the ex-senator

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