Nebraska GOP Rep. Jeff Fortenberry charged with lying to feds hours after he denied crime in YouTube

[AZProgressive]

A federal grand jury in California on Tuesday indicted Nebraska Republican Rep. Jeff Fortenberry on charges of lying to federal investigators and another crime in connection with a probe about illegal campaign donations provided by a foreigner, prosecutors said in a tweet.

The announcement of the indictment in Los Angeles federal court came hours after Fortenberry, in an unusual YouTube video featuring his wife, dog and 1963 Ford 100 pickup truck, revealed he expected to be indicted for allegedly lying to FBI agents.

Fortenberry is due to be arraigned in that court Wednesday. He is charged 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. Full announcement coming.”

“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,” the U.S. Attorney’s Office in Los Angeles said in a press release.

https://www.cnbc.com/2021/10/19/nebraska-rep-jeff-fortenberry-expects-to-be-arrested-by-fbi-for-lying.html

[gratuitous]

1. Is lying to the FBI still even a crime?

After the last administration, I was under the impression that lying to the FBI was perfectly all right, and kind of expected from certain people (*cough*Republicans*cough*). How could Rep. Jeff have possibly known that he was doing something wrong?

[OAITW r.2.0]

2. So, "Fake Indictment"? Followed by "Fake Conviction" followed by "Fake Sentencing"?

[Irish_Dem]

4. Then a fake prison, fake prison food, fake fellow inmates.

[Champp]

3. "Lying Republican" is redunant

The Republicans really need to read their Bible.

It spits hellfire and eternal damnation on liars.

Republicans are going to totally own Hell.

[malaise]

5. Why does his name ring a bell? n/t

[LetMyPeopleVote]

6. Lock this idiot up