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Disgraced ex-NJ senator ‘Gold Bar Bob’ Menendez asks to delay prison stint as he appeals bribery conviction

Lawyers for embattled former Garden State pol Bob Menendez urged a Manhattan federal judge to let him stay out of custody as he appeals, calling him a “septuagenarian who devoted half a century to public service.”

Former New Jersey Sen. Bob Menendez has asked to delay the prison sentence he’s expected to receive Wednesday while he appeals his conviction for selling out his office for gold bars and other bribes.

Lawyers for the embattled former Garden State pol urged a Manhattan federal judge to let him stay out of custody as he appeals, calling him a “septuagenarian who devoted half a century to public service.”

Prosecutors say former senator Bob Menendez should serve more than 15 years in prison. APThe attorneys urged Judge Stanley Stein to give the embattled Democrat — who resigned in disgrace in August — the benefit of the doubt because of his career in politics.