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Rep. Jeff Fortenberry (R-NE) was convicted of three felonies associated to mendacity to the FBI about unlawful marketing campaign donations.
The AP reported:
US Rep. Jeff Fortenberry of Nebraska was convicted Thursday on expenses that he lied to federal authorities about an unlawful $30,000 contribution to his marketing campaign from a international billionaire at a 2016 Los Angeles fundraiser.
A federal jury in LA deliberated about two hours earlier than discovering the nine-term Republican responsible of 1 depend of falsifying and concealing materials information and two counts of constructing false statements. Fortenberry was charged after sitting for 2 interviews with FBI brokers who had been investigating the donor, Gilbert Chagoury, a Nigerian billionaire of Lebanese descent.
Final yr, Fortenberry accused Democrats of finishing up an assault to take him out with felony expenses, all of the whereas ignoring the truth that he created the felony expenses by mendacity to the FBI a number of occasions. Fortenberry wasn’t well-known nationally, however he was a giant title in Nebraska Republican circles.
Every of the felonies that the congressman was convicted of carrying a five-year jail time period. The corrupt Republican Occasion has proven what it’s about once more.
Trump has remade the get together in his corrupt picture, and now certainly one of his followers goes to jail.
Mr Easley is the managing editor. He’s additionally a White Home Press Pool and a Congressional correspondent for PoliticusUSA. Jason has a Bachelor’s Diploma in Political Science. His graduate work targeted on public coverage, with a specialization in social reform actions.
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