Indicted GOP Congressman Says the Feds Got Him on Tape--Twice

[Nevilledog]

https://www.thedailybeast.com/rep-jeff-fortenberry-says-the-feds-got-him-on-tape-twice?ref=scroll


There are tapes.

That’s the news from a recent filing in federal court in the case against indicted Rep. Jeff Fortenberry (R-NE), whose defense team acknowledged that the government made at least two recordings of the sitting congressman over the course of its investigation surrounding illicit campaign contributions from a Nigerian-Lebanese billionaire.

But the tapes led Fortenberry’s lawyers to ask the judge for what some legal experts say is essentially a courtroom pipe dream.

On Nov. 9, Fortenberry’s legal team moved to disqualify the assistant U.S. attorney in charge of the prosecution, arguing that his involvement in the lead-up investigation makes him a witness and may unfairly influence the jury.

Prosecutors, on the other hand, believe the recordings will help prove their central allegation that Fortenberry deceived investigators about his knowledge of the source of $30,000 that a foreign national illegally contributed to his 2016 campaign.

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[ITower68]

1. Fartenberry's a crook

[Sneederbunk]

2. I might say yo ass is in a sling.

[ColinC]

3. Culture of corruption