{"id":2236592,"date":"2024-05-03T14:58:02","date_gmt":"2024-05-03T18:58:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/democrat-henry-cuellar-indicted-in-federal-corruption-investigation\/"},"modified":"2024-05-03T15:02:32","modified_gmt":"2024-05-03T19:02:32","slug":"democrat-henry-cuellar-indicted-in-federal-corruption-investigation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/democrat-henry-cuellar-indicted-in-federal-corruption-investigation\/","title":{"rendered":"Democrat Henry Cuellar Faces Federal Corruption Indictment"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">14<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fdemocrat-henry-cuellar-indicted-in-federal-corruption-investigation%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2236592&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Rep. Henry Cuellar (D-TX) and his wife face federal charges\u200d for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/he-needs-to-go-fetterman-throws-sinister-dem-colleague-under-the-bus-while-on-the-view\/\" title=\"Fetterman calls out 'sinister' Dem colleague on 'The View', says he must leave\">allegedly accepting hundreds<\/a> of thousands of dollars in bribes from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/bill-barr-did-not-see-fraud-because-he-refused-to-look\/\" title=\"Bill Barr Did Not See Fraud Because He Refused To Look\">foreign entities<\/a>.\u2062 The couple, accused of participating in\u2063 bribery, unlawful foreign influence, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/senate-eyes-rd-bill-to-bolster-competitiveness-with-china\/\" title=\"Senate Eyes R&#038;D Bill to Bolster Competitiveness With China\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/miles-anonymous-taylor-accidentally-exposes-the-fraudulence-of-the-mainstream-media\/\" title=\"Miles 'Anonymous' Taylor Accidentally Exposes the Fraudulence of the Mainstream Media\">money laundering<\/a> schemes<\/a>, is under scrutiny by the\u2064 U.S. Department of Justice. For more details, click on &#8220;Read\u200b more&#8230;&#8221; below. Rep. Henry\u200c Cuellar (D-TX) and his wife are confronting federal charges for purportedly\u200b receiving substantial bribes from foreign entities. The couple is accused of involvement in bribery, unlawful foreign influence,\u200d and money laundering schemes, \u2064being closely monitored by the U.S. Department \u200dof\u2062 Justice. To delve deeper into this case, \u2063click \u200bon &#8220;Read more&#8230;&#8221; below.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p>Rep. Henry Cuellar (D-TX) and his wife were indicted by the U.S. Department of Justice on Friday for allegedly taking hundreds of thousands of dollars in bribes from two foreign entities.<\/p>\n<p>The 68-year-old congressman was charged along with his wife, Imelda Cuellar, 67, with participating in two alleged schemes involving bribery, unlawful foreign influence, and money laundering, the DOJ said in a statement.<\/p>\n<p>The Cuellars allegedly took nearly $600,000 in bribes from an oil and gas company that is <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/lobbyists-for-putins-pipeline-dodge-foreign-agent-laws\/\" title=\"Lobbyists for Putin\u2019s Pipeline Dodge Foreign Agent Laws\">wholly owned<\/a> and controlled by the government of Azerbaijan and a bank that is headquartered in Mexico city.<\/p>\n<p><b><a href=\"https:\/\/onelink.to\/dwapp\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" aria-describedby=\"sk-tooltip-9096\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/onelink.to\/dwapp&#038;source=gmail&#038;ust=1714673789152000&#038;usg=AOvVaw0y1UTwuifPf73KnKdAvs6N\">CLICK HERE TO GET THE DAILYWIRE+ APP<\/a><\/b><\/p>\n<p>\u201cCuellar promised to use the power and prestige of his office to advance Azerbaijan\u2019s and Foreign Bank-1\u2019s interests in the United States,\u201d the DOJ said. \u201cThe bribe payments were laundered, pursuant to sham consulting contracts, through a series of front companies and middlemen into shell companies owned by Imelda Cuellar. Cuellar performed little or no legitimate work under the sham contracts.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The indictment comes after the FBI <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/fbi-raided-home-of-top-democrat-henry-cuellar-as-part-of-probe-involving-ex-soviet-state-of-azerbaijan-u-s-businessman\">raided<\/a> Cuellar\u2019s home and campaign office back in 2022 as part of the criminal investigation into the former Soviet state of Azerbaijan and several U.S. businessmen. Numerous items were <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/fbi-agents-seize-items-from-home-of-texas-democrat-congressman-report\">seized<\/a> during the raid.<\/p>\n<p>Prosecutors allege that in-exchange for the bribes, Cuellar, who is the Ranking Member on the Homeland Security Appropriations Subcommittee, used his office to influence U.S. foreign policy in a manner favorable to Azerbaijan.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn exchange for the bribes paid by the Mexican bank, Congressman Cuellar allegedly agreed to influence legislative activity and to advise and pressure high-ranking U.S. Executive Branch officials regarding measures beneficial to the bank,\u201d the DOJ said.<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>This is a breaking news story; refresh the page for updates. <\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Rep. Henry Cuellar (D-TX) and his wife face federal charges for reportedly accepting substantial bribes from foreign entities. The 68-year-old congressman, along with his wife, Imelda Cuellar, 67, is accused of involvement in bribery and unlawful foreign influence schemes. 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