Ex-Rep. Jeffrey Fortenberry charged over illegal foreign donations "scheme" (1 Viewer)

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    Federal prosecutors in Washington, D.C., have filed new charges against former Nebraska Rep. Jeffrey Fortenberry, after an appeals court threw out his criminal conviction in a campaign finance case because the court said he had been tried in the wrong venue.

    The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals in December tossed out the former Republican congressman's conviction for lying to the FBI about illegal contributions to his reelection campaign because Fortenberry's trial in California "took place in a state where no charged crime was committed." The court...

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