NEW YORK (AP) — Former U.S. Sen. Bob Menendez is already in prison. His wife is headed there next.

The onetime political power couple’s criminal prosecution culminated Thursday with a judge sentencing Nadine Menendez to 4½ years behind bars. Her punishment came three months after her husband, a New Jersey Democrat, started his 11-year prison sentence.

The unusual facts of the case — including gold bars, cash and a Mercedes-Benz — and breast cancer surgery that led to Nadine Menendez facing trial a year later than her husband teed up a surprising scenario: The then-senator's lawyers tried to pin the blame on her. But at her sentencing, Nadine Menendez said Bob Menendez was a manipulative liar who “strung me like a puppet.”

Here's a look at how their cases have played out:

How did the pr

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