fortenberry & the Nigerian billionaire

[butters]

despite the title sounding like some kind of back-to-front scam mail thingy...

A federal judge on Monday rejected U.S. Rep. Jeff Fortenberry’s attempts to dismiss charges accusing the Nebraska Republican of making false statements to FBI agents who were investigating an illegal foreign donation to his campaign.

U.S. District Judge Stanley Blumenfeld Jr. denied Fortenberry's motions to get the case tossed, increasing the odds that he will have to stand trial in a Los Angeles federal court.

Fortenberry is accused of lying to the FBI and concealing information from agents who were looking into a donation his campaign received from Gilbert Chagoury, a Nigerian billionaire of Lebanese descent. Chagoury made the $30,000 contribution through a middleman at a 2016 fundraiser in Los Angeles.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/crim...s-to-dismiss-charges/ar-AASoy98?ocid=msedgntp

 

[pecksniff]

At first I thought this was about Frankenberry.