A federal grand jury on Tuesday indicted Rep. Jeff Fortenberry (R-Neb.) for allegedly concealing information and making false statements to authorities investigating illegal contributions to his 2016 campaign.
Fortenberry has been charged with one count of scheming to conceal material facts and two counts of making false statements to federal investigators, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Central District of California.
Fortenberry denied the accusations in a video obtained by the Omaha World-Herald earlier Tuesday.
“We will fight these charges. I did not lie to them,” Fortenberry said in the
The charges stem from an FBI investigation into $180,000 in illegal campaign contributions from Gilbert Chagoury, a Nigerian billionaire, that were funneled through a group of Californians between 2012 and 2016 to four American politicians.
The contributions included $30,000 that went to Fortenberry’s 2016 reelection campaign during a fundraiser held in Los Angeles.
Foreign nationals are prohibited from contributing to U.S. election campaigns. Chagoury made an agreement with the U.S. attorney’s office in 2019 in which he agreed […]
I’m not sure that you could find a politician, any politician, who does not deserve the SCUM award. Both major parties equally guilty, including Joe “I know nothing of Hunter’s business dealings” Biden! Politics is corrupt, no less than gangsterism and organized crime.