Congressman convicted of lying to feds about illegal campaign donation

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Congressman convicted of lying to feds about illegal campaign donation

By Patrick Reilly
March 25, 2022

Rep. Jeff Fortenberry was found guilty Thursday on charges he lied to the FBI about an illegal campaign contribution from a foreign billionaire in 2016.

A federal jury in California found Fortenberry, 61, guilty of one count of falsifying and concealing material facts and two counts of making false statements.

The nine-term Republican was charged after a pair of interviews with FBI agents who were investigating the donor, Gilbert Chagoury – a Nigerian billionaire of Lebanese descent who’s prevented by law from donating to any US elections.

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Source:  https://nypost.com/2022/03/25/nebraska-rep-jeff-fortenberry-convicted-on-lying-to-feds-about-campaign-donation/