Nadine Menendez was convicted Monday of cooking up a crooked scheme with her husband — ex-New Jersey Sen. Bob Menendez — to sell out his political post for gold bars, a Mercedes-Benz and other bribes.

The jury returned its verdict in the same courthouse where Nadine Menendez's husband was found guilty last year

The wife of former Senator Bob Menendez was convicted of accepting bribes of gold bars, cash and a Mercedes Benz in exchange for helping her husband corruptly use his power to assist businessmen and the Egyptian government.