{"id":898101,"date":"2021-10-19T13:43:53","date_gmt":"2021-10-19T17:43:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=898101"},"modified":"2021-10-19T13:43:55","modified_gmt":"2021-10-19T17:43:55","slug":"jeff-fortenberry-announces-in-bizarre-video-that-he-expects-the-fbi-to-charge-him-with-a-crime","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/jeff-fortenberry-announces-in-bizarre-video-that-he-expects-the-fbi-to-charge-him-with-a-crime\/","title":{"rendered":"Jeff Fortenberry Announces In Bizarre Video That He Expects The FBI To Charge Him With A Crime"},"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\">34<\/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%2Fjeff-fortenberry-announces-in-bizarre-video-that-he-expects-the-fbi-to-charge-him-with-a-crime%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=898101&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--><div><\/div>\n<p>Republican Rep. Jeff Fortenberry of Nebraska said Tuesday that he expects to be indicted over lying to the FBI about a campaign finance violation, but that the allegations are not true and that he will fight them.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe will fight these charges. I did not lie to them,\u201d Fortenberry said alongside his wife, Celeste, and dog during a video recorded from their car. \u201cThis is wrong on so many levels.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The video was first obtained by the Omaha World-Herald, which <a href=\"https:\/\/omaha.com\/news\/state-and-regional\/govt-and-politics\/rep-jeff-fortenberry-expects-to-be-indicted-for-lying-to-fbi-but-says-charge-is\/article_3b11db4e-3048-11ec-84e1-9b2450bfb5cd.html#tracking-source=home-top-story\">reported<\/a> that the FBI was investigating $180,000 in illegal \u201cconduit\u201d campaign contributions from Gilbert Chagoury, a Nigerian billionaire. The funds were given to four separate campaigns from 2012 to 2016 through a group based in California.<\/p>\n<p>Though U.S. political campaigns are barred from receiving contributions from foreign nationals, $30,200 was funneled to Fortenberry\u2019s campaign in 2016, the paper said, which Fortenberry confirmed. <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/03\/31\/obama-transportation-secretary-ray-lahood-undisclosed-payment-foreign-billionaire-doj\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(RELATED: Former Obama Transportation Secretary Accepted Undisclosed $50,000 Payment From Nigerian Billionaire)<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cAbout&nbsp;five and a half years ago, a person from overseas illegally moved money to my campaign \u2014 I didn\u2019t know anything about this \u2014 and used some other Americans to do so. They were all caught and punished, thankfully,\u201d Fortenberry said.<\/p>\n<p>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"I wanted you to hear from me first\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/VHcIBNazStw?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/p>\n<p>Fortenberry\u2019s wife said that the illicit funds were donated to her husband\u2019s campaign when he went to accept an award from the Lebanese community of Los Angeles, California. And while the funds could not be legally accepted, Fortenberry\u2019s potential indictment relates to what he told the FBI, not the funds themselves.&nbsp;<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2016\/08\/28\/billionaire-clinton-foundation-donor-denied-entry-into-us-because-of-terror-ties\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(RELATED: Nigerian Billionaire Megadonor Denied Entry Into The US Over Terrorist Ties)<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey\u2019ve accused me of lying to them and are charging me with this. We\u2019re shocked, we\u2019re stunned. I&nbsp;feel so personally betrayed. We thought we were trying to help, and so, now we will have to fight,\u201d Fortenberry said. \u201cTo be accused of this is extremely painful and we are suffering greatly. We will fight these charges. [I] did not lie to them, I told them what I knew.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Content created by The Daily Caller News Foundation is available without charge to any eligible news publisher that can provide a large audience. For licensing opportunities of our original content, please contact <a href=\"mailto:licensing@dailycallernewsfoundation.org\">licensing@dailycallernewsfoundation.org<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Republican Rep. 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