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Tuesday morning, a judge sentenced the 61-year-old former congressman to two years of probation on convictions that he lied to federal agents about dirty money.
A Los Angeles doctor who funneled money from a Nigerian billionaire to Rep. Jeff Fortenberry recalled receiving a brown bag with $30,000 — and accidentally leaving it in his car
Trey Gowdy testified Wednesday that Assistant U.S. Attorney Mack Jenkins, the lead prosecutor in the case, told him that Fortenberry shouldn’t return it to the donors, in part because it
After federal agents first tried to contact Fortenberry at his Lincoln home in 2019, the congressman called the then-Lincoln police chief. Fortenberry said he was concerned for his family's safety.
References to elephants, horses, opossums and raccoons weren't the only things that stood out about the Jeff Fortenberry trial.