{"id":2236972,"date":"2024-05-03T23:17:10","date_gmt":"2024-05-04T03:17:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/dean-phillips-becomes-first-democrat-to-call-on-henry-cuellar-to-resign\/"},"modified":"2024-05-03T23:20:26","modified_gmt":"2024-05-04T03:20:26","slug":"dean-phillips-becomes-first-democrat-to-call-on-henry-cuellar-to-resign","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/dean-phillips-becomes-first-democrat-to-call-on-henry-cuellar-to-resign\/","title":{"rendered":"Dean Phillips is the first Democrat to urge Henry Cuellar to step down"},"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\">26<\/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%2Fdean-phillips-becomes-first-democrat-to-call-on-henry-cuellar-to-resign%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=2236972&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>### Dean Phillips:<\/p>\n<p>Dean Phillips, \u2064the Democratic U.S. Representative from Minnesota, made headlines by being the first Democrat\u200d to call for the\u200b resignation \u2064of fellow Representative Henry Cuellar of Texas post-indictment.\u2063 Phillips emphasized the importance \u2064of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/former-utah-county-clerk-facing-charges-for-mishandling-election-ballots\/\" title=\"Ex-Utah County Clerk charged for mishandling ballots.\">upholding public trust<\/a> in\u200c government\u200c amidst low confidence levels.<\/p>\n<p>### Henry Cuellar:<\/p>\n<p>Henry \u2064Cuellar, the Democratic\u200b U.S. Representative from Texas, and his wife faced indictment on \u2062conspiracy and \u2062bribery\u200d charges linked to \u2063a federal probe. Cuellar has\u2063 denied any wrongdoing amid \u200breports of the pending indictment, emphasizing\u200c his commitment to serving the 28th Congressional District of \u2064Texas.  <\/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<div data-td-block-uid=\"tdi_78\">\n<p>Rep. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/dean-phillips\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Dean Phillips\">Dean Phillips<\/a> (D-MN) became the first Democrat to call for fellow Rep. Henry Cuellar\u2019s (D-TX) resignation on Friday following the Texas congressman\u2019s indictment by the Department of Justice.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhile the bar for Federal indictment is high, trust in our government is low,\u201d Phillips <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/deanbphillips\/status\/1786544184490381436\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>said<\/a>. \u201cThat\u2019s why office holders and candidates under indictment should resign or end their campaigns, including Sen. Bob Menendez, Donald Trump, &#038; Rep. Henry Cuellar.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Cuellar was indicted on Friday on 14 charges, including bribery, conspiracy, and money laundering, related to accusations that he and his wife, Imelda, accepted nearly $600,000 in bribes from the government of Azerbaijan and a Mexican bank. <\/p>\n<p>The bribe payments were <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/school-board-member-claims-to-be-victim-of-homophobic-vandalism-no-one-will-provide-the-police-report\/\" title=\"School Board Member Claims To Be Victim Of Homophobic Vandalism. No One Will Provide The Police Report.\">allegedly made<\/a> through \u201csham consulting contracts\u201d owned by Imelda Cuellar, \u201cwho performed little to no legitimate work under the contracts,\u201d according to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.scribd.com\/document\/729080096\/Cuellar-Indictment?secret_password=fDdDuKPnVBNuGUs7RxDB\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>indictment<\/a>. In exchange for the money, Henry Cuellar allegedly agreed to use his political influence to favor the two foreign entities in matters related to foreign policy and legislative changes.<\/p>\n<p>The congressman and his wife face a maximum sentence of 200 years in prison, but it is unlikely that sentencing will result in the maximum penalties. The couple made their initial appearance in federal court and were later released on $100,000 bonds. <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><strong>CLICK HERE TO READ MORE FROM THE WASHINGTON EXAMINER<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Henry Cuellar\u2019s seat is rated \u201clikely Democratic\u201d by the <em>Cook Political Report,<\/em> but he has faced tough reelection cycles in recent years, and an indictment could hurt his chances of reelection.  <\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, Sen. Bob Menendez (D-NJ) is on trial for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/military-reserves-officer-allegedly-falsified-recommendation-letters-for-afghans-seeking-special-visas\/\" title=\"Military Reserves Officer Allegedly Falsified Recommendation Letters For Afghans Seeking Special Visas\">allegedly accepting bribes<\/a>, and former President Donald Trump is in the middle of his trial for allegedly paying off porn star Stormy Daniels. <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Rep. Dean Phillips (D-MN) is the initial Democratic voice urging Rep. Henry Cuellar (D-TX) to resign post-indictment by the Department of Justice. Phillips emphasized the importance of maintaining public trust in government, stating that officials and candidates facing indictment should step down, acknowledging the low trust levels in the current political climate<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2542,"featured_media":2236973,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/wex-s3.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/MixCollage-03-May-2024-11-14-PM-8852-1024x591.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[538],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2236972","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-washington-examiner"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/wex-s3.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/MixCollage-03-May-2024-11-14-PM-8852-1024x591.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2236972","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2542"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2236972"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2236972\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2236973"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2236972"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2236972"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2236972"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}