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(Salon) The federal case against Rep. Jeff Fortenberry, R-Neb. who was indicted last month on charges of lying to federal investigators and concealing information about illegal campaign donations appears to have ensnared another Republican congressman. The Department of Justice stated last week that a protective order was "necessary" in the Fortenberry case to protect "evidence related to sensitive and ongoing investigations, including those related to public officials."
One public official in question, who is identified in court filings only as "Candidate C," is Rep. Darrell Issa, a California Republican who is now the apparent target of a DOJ investigation and may indeed have been the object of a sting operation. Issa retired from Congress in 2018 after serving nine terms from a Southern California district, but then moved to an adjoining district in San Diego County and was narrowly elected in 2020. The former CEO of an after-market auto accessories company called Directed Electronics, Issa has an estimated net worth of $250 million and is one of the richest members of the House.
On Sept. 10, 2014, Issa dined at the same table with Gilbert Chagoury, a shadowy figure identified as a "foreign billionaire" in the charges against Fortenberry, at a Washington event hosted by the group In Defense of Christianity (IDC). Two weeks later, Issa's campaign and the National Republican Congressional Committee received a total of $60,000 in donations, on the same day, from Dr. Elias Ayoub and his wife Mireille, an affluent Los Angeles couple who had also attended the IDC dinner. According to documents filed with the Justice Department, the $30,000 that went to Issa's victory fund actually came from Chagoury, a Nigerian citizen who may not legally contribute to federal candidates. ..............(more)
https://www.salon.com/2021/11/10/another-ensnared-rep-darrell-issa-may-be-implicated-in-fortenberry-scandal/
Champp
(2,114 posts)Still support the Republican "Big Lie."
Sad how Republicans have wrapped themselves in lies.
Free Clue: according to The Wisdom of the Ages, Liars Suck.
mahina
(17,734 posts)Well hes one of the worst anyway.
vanlassie
(5,694 posts)Ugh.
quaint
(2,589 posts)Bernardo de La Paz
(49,064 posts)malaise
(269,257 posts)as in grand theft auto?
Zorro
(15,753 posts)Took over the seat that other crook Duncan Hunter Jr. held for years. Republican voters in this district sure like their criminals.
MagickMuffin
(15,976 posts)As I am so sick of these criminals walking. He walks every time he gets in caught for his crimes. But he skates away.
In Defense of Christianity: give me a break. If they are in charge of "defending christianity" you can see why more people are turning away from their form of christianity.
msfiddlestix
(7,288 posts)and stiff sentencing.
not likely, but who knows? Miracles are still possible I suppose.
gab13by13
(21,480 posts)has enough money to fund his own campaign but greed knows no limits.
WinstonSmith4740
(3,059 posts)He'll always be the Representative from FedEx and UPS. He was the one that introduced and pushed through the regulations that were designed to bankrupt the Post Office.
bucolic_frolic
(43,447 posts)Entrapment was not a valid defense strategy, nor were empty warehouses a backup for accounting fraud.
Evolve Dammit
(16,803 posts)BumRushDaShow
(129,892 posts)Evolve Dammit
(16,803 posts)UCmeNdc
(9,601 posts)They group together and plan how to cheat and steal.
BumRushDaShow
(129,892 posts)but also had a post in there that had some interesting other info on others who were ensnared with the Lebanese-Nigerian billionaire - https://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1014&pid=2815246
That's where I first saw the Issa thing pop up but it also involves Rmoney -
https://www.opensecrets.org/news/2021/04/straw-donor-scheme-foreign-billionaire/
Marcuse
(7,554 posts)BumRushDaShow
(129,892 posts)grantcart
(53,061 posts)TeamProg
(6,328 posts)honesty.
We can't have a true Democracy without accurate information about our gov't - and that's what the GQP is counting on.
durablend
(7,467 posts)That'll teach him to never do it again
Faux pas
(14,703 posts)Let that boil on the ass of life go DOWN!