Testimony resumed on Monday for the federal corruption trial of Nebraska Republican Rep. Jeff Fortenberry. One main witness in the trial was a Los Angeles doctor who gave personal accounts of his role in funneling money to the official.
The Omaha World-Herald quoted Dr. Eli Ayoub, who confessed that he funneled money from Nigerian billionaire Gilbert Chagoury in a brown paper bag to the Fortenberry campaign.
“A go-between handed the money to Ayoub. Ayoub set the bag of cash in the back seat of his car. After arriving for lunch following a funeral, Ayoub handed his keys to a valet and went inside the restaurant,” said the report.
The bag of cash was still sitting on the seat when he got the car back, however.
Prosecutor Mack Jenkins asked to confirm if he really left $30,000 in cash on the back seat of his car.
“Yes, I remembered I forgot it in the car during lunch, and I was very nervous about it,” Ayoub told the court.
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Being for “rent” is not just a Republican issue. Sadly, we have our current state of affairs because both sides are rented. Look at the stalled legislation in the Senate. Two Senators, both Democrats, holding popular laws hostage. When a crisis comes, and it is inevitable, the only ones who will defend the current system are those for whom it is working.