The wife of disgraced ex-New Jersey Sen. Bob Menendez is set to go on trial next month after a judge denied her request to postpone her corruption case for the second time. Manhattan federal Judge Sidney Stein on Friday denied Nadine Menendez’s request to delay her Feb.

Former Democratic New Jersey Senator Bob Menendez faces a possible 15-year prison sentence after prosecutors called for severe penalties following his conviction on bribery and foreign agent charges. Menendez, the first U.S. senator convicted of abusing a committee leadership role and acting as a foreign agent, is set to be sentenced on January 29.

Prosecutors called for the lengthy prison term for the 71-year-old New Jersey Democrat in papers filed in Manhattan federal court late Thursday.

New Jersey Sen. Bob Menendez should be thrown behind bars for at least 15 years for his “naked greed” in accepting a “hoard of bribes.”

The recommendation was filed on Thursday night in Manhattan federal court, a week after Menendez's lawyers pleaded for leniency, citing the 71-year-old's age, decades of public service, charitable works, devotion to family, and financial and professional ruin.

Former US Senator Bob Menendez ‘scrappy kid’ who grew up fast, according to letters from family, friends seeking lenient sentencing

The former senator was convicted in July in an extensive bribery and corruption scheme, becoming the first U.S. official found guilty of acting as an agent of a foreign country.

Bob Menendez’s wife has asked for another delay in her upcoming bribery trial, complaining that media coverage of the convicted ex-senator’s sentencing later this month will taint the jury pool.

Federal prosecutors are asking that convicted former Sen. Bob Menendez spend 15 years behind bars, according to a court document filed on Thursday, after exchanging official favors for bribes in a sweeping corruption case that spanned two continents.

Sen. Bob Menendez leaves the Daniel Patrick Moynihan federal courthouse in Manhattan on Monday, May 20, 2024, where his corruption trial entered its second week. (Dana DiFilippo | New Jersey Monitor) Federal prosecutors want former Sen. Bob Menendez ...

Bob Menendez’s criminal trial continues in the new year ... to the point where doing so likely will not be possible.” Manhattan, NY — October 18, 2023 -- Nadine Menendez, involved in the bribery case involving Senator Robert Menendez exits the ...

U.S. Sen. Bob Menendez, D-N.J., leaves the Manhattan federal court after the second day of jury selection in his trial, Tuesday, May, 14, 2024, in New York. (AP Photo/Stefan Jeremiah) Prosecutors say former U.S. Sen. Bob Menendez should be imprisoned for ...