A U.S. jury on Thursday convicted U.S. Congressman Jeff Fortenberry, a Republican from Nebraska, of lying to FBI investigators about illegal contributions to his 2016 re-election campaign.
Highlights
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- Congressman Jeff Fortenberry, a Republican from Nebraska, found guilty of scheming to falsify and conceal material facts.
- Federal law prohibits foreign nationals from donating to federal election campaigns.
- Federal prosecutors alleged that he lied about $30,000 in campaign contributions he received in 2016 from Nigerian billionaire Gilbert Chagoury.
- His lawyers said he did not mean to mislead FBI agents but was caught off-guard by their interview request and suffered from a faulty memory.
- A sentencing hearing is scheduled for June 28 before a judge in Los Angeles, California, to be held on June 28.