A federal grand jury on Tuesday indicted Rep. Jeff Fortenberry (R-Neb.) for allegedly concealing information and making false statements to authorities investigating illegal contributions to his 2016 campaign.
Fortenberry has been charged with one count of scheming to conceal material facts and two counts of making false statements to federal investigators, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Central District of California.
Fortenberry denied the accusations in a video obtained by the Omaha World-Herald earlier Tuesday.
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The charges stem from an FBI investigation into $180,000 in illegal campaign contributions from Gilbert Chagoury, a Nigerian billionaire, that were allegedly funneled through a group of Californians between 2012 to 2016 to four American politicians, including Fortenberry.
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