GOP Lawmaker Indicted for Lying to Investigators

“A federal grand jury indictment charged  Rep. Jeff Fortenberry (R-NE) on Tuesday with one count of scheming to falsify and conceal material facts and two counts of making false statements to federal investigators looking into illegal contributions to his 2016 campaign,” the Omaha World Herald reports.

The indictment alleges that Fortenberry “repeatedly lied to and misled authorities during a federal investigation into illegal contributions to Fortenberry’s re-election campaign made by a foreign billionaire in early 2016.”