Thread by @desderamona

Jeffrey Lane #Fortenberry
1960

U.S. Representative (R)
State of Nebraska
1st congressional district
Since 2005

At-Large Member
Lincoln City Council
1997 - 2001

Master's degrees
Public Policy, @Georgetown
Theology, @FranciscanU of Steubenville

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeff_Fort…

“Jeff #Fortenberry represents Nebraska’s First Congressional District in the United States House of Representatives. He is a member of the House Appropriations Committee, which is responsible for the expenditures of the United States government. …”

fortenberry.house.gov/biography/abou…

#Fortenberry “earned a B.A. in economics from Louisiana State University in 1982 and a Master's of Public Policy in 1986 from Georgetown University, in addition to a Master's of Theology from the Franciscan University of Steubenville in 1996.”

ballotpedia.org/Jeff_Fortenber…

‘Catholic congressman charged with lying to federal investigators; denies accusations’

“#Fortenberry explained on Monday that he was visited at his home by FBI agents ‘about two & a half years ago’ regarding contributions illegally made to his campaign…”
catholicnewsagency.com/news/249330/ca…

“… Earlier in October, Axios reported that a fundraising webpage had been created for #Fortenberry’s legal defense fund. …the matter had to do with illegal contributions to his campaign orchestrated by a Lebanese-Nigerian billionaire, Gilbert Chagoury.”

catholicnewsagency.com/news/249330/ca…

https://twitter.com/RonFilipkowski/status/1450518402141929472

“A federal grand jury has indicted U.S. Rep. Jeff #Fortenberry of Nebraska, accusing him of lying to the FBI and concealing information from federal agents who were investigating campaign contributions funneled to him from a Nigerian billionaire”

abcnews.go.com/Politics/wireS…

"'In 2016, a Lebanese community in Los Angeles held a weekend of celebrations which included a fundraiser for Jeff,' the statement reads. 'What he didn't know was that a foreign national had given attendees $30,000 to give to Jeff.…”

cnn.com/2021/10/19/pol…

“… The indictment states that an unnamed person, referred to as ‘Individual H’ in the document, acted as a co-host of a 2016 fundraiser for the congressman.

According to the indictment, #Fortenberry contacted that individual in the spring of 2018 to …”

cnn.com/2021/10/19/pol…

https://twitter.com/desderamona/status/1440375740210450441

“The [DOJ] says #Chagoury began cooperating with the U.S. Attorney's Office in 2019, entering into an agreement in which he admitted to providing some $180,000 in illegal campaign contributions to four different U.S. political candidates. …”

#Fortenberry
people.com/politics/nebra…

“… authorities were tipped off to the illegal contributions by a co-host of a 2016 fundraiser held for #Fortenberry's campaign.

The co-host —["Individual H"] — began cooperating with federal authorities, including agents with the FBI & IRS in Sept 2016”

people.com/politics/nebra…

https://twitter.com/desderamona/status/1256583064764981248

“#Fortenberry in 2019 interviews with federal investigators allegedly lied when he denied being aware of any illicit donation, and that the fundraiser had told him that the #Chagoury associate provided the $30,000.”

cnbc.com/2021/10/19/neb…

#Fortenberry “is required by GOP conference rules to resign his committee assignments as a result of the indictment. …

The indictment identifies Toufic #Baaklini as a U.S.-based businessman who helped #Chagoury with financial dealings.”

rollcall.com/2021/10/19/rep…

‘Trump Defends Jeff #Fortenberry, Calls Mark Zuckerberg 'A Criminal': 'Is There No Justice''

"'Isn't it terrible that a Republican Congressman from Nebraska just got indicted for possibly telling some lies to investigators about campaign contributions…’”
newsweek.com/trump-defends-…

“‘… contributions, when half of the United States Congress lied about made up scams,’ Trump said in a Tuesday evening statement.”

Jeff #Fortenberry
newsweek.com/trump-defends-…

https://twitter.com/desderamona/status/1092842167414996992

“In the spring of 2018, #Fortenberry contacted Individual H about hosting another fundraiser. In a June 2018 call, Individual H told the congressman on multiple occasions that a #Chagoury associate – Toufic Joseph #Baaklini, who also entered into a …”

justice.gov/usao-cdca/pr/u…

“… a deferred prosecution agreement with prosecutors – had provided him with $30,000 cash to route to #Fortenberry’s campaign… the money – which was distributed to other individuals at the fundraiser so the donations could be made under their names …”

justice.gov/usao-cdca/pr/u…

https://twitter.com/ChrisDunkerLJS/status/1445086007192338453

“Open Secrets, which tracks campaign contributions and lobbying data, identified the four candidates, all Republicans, as:

#Fortenberry
Sen. Mitt Romney of Utah,
Rep. Darrell Issa of California, and former Rep. Lee Terry of Nebraska.”

agriculture.com/news/fortenber…

‘‘Is there no justice?’: Trump complains GOP ally was indicted for ‘telling some lies’ to the FBI’

“Former President Donald Trump jumped to his Republican ally's defense after the indictment.”

Jeff #Fortenberry
salon.com/2021/10/20/is-…

31 March 2021

‘Ray LaHood admitted hiding $50K loan from foreign billionaire’

“appears to have emerged from a Justice Department investigation into the Lebanese-Nigerian billionaire who was the ultimate source of the loan, Gilbert #Chagoury.”

politico.com/news/2021/03/3…

“Mark Corallo, former spokesperson for President Donald Trump’s private legal team in the Russia investigation, acted as #Chagoury’s spokesperson since at least 2010. Corallo retroactively registered as a foreign agent of Chagoury in 2020 for influence…”

opensecrets.org/news/2021/04/s…

“… operations promoting then-Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan in connection w/his 2015 re-election campaign.

Corallo’s firm routed funds thru sub-vendors assisting w/the foreign influence operations.”

#Chagoury
New World
Black Bag
Kivvit
4Impact LLC
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