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.”

Former Sen. Bob Menendez, a veteran Democratic legislator who represented New Jersey from 2006 through his resignation last year, was sentenced to 11 years in prison on Wednesday after being found guilty on charges of bribery and acting as an agent for a foreign government.