Jeff Fortenberry of Nebraska has been indicted, the Department of Justice announced on Tuesday.... Later we went back and answered further questions.... I told them what I knew and what I understood....

A little-known Republican congressman from Nebraska will begin a high-profile trial Wednesday in California over accusations by federal prosecutors that he lied about illegal campaign contributions from a Nigerian billionaire. The trial of U.S. Rep.... However, the judge overseeing the case has ruled that the congressman's attorneys can't argue that the prosecution is political.... In the California district where Fortenberry is charged, prosecutors secured 489 convictions and lost one case...

Jury selection begins Wednesday in the trial of a little-known Republican congressman from Nebraska who's accused of lying to federal authorities about illegal campaign contributions from a Nigerian billionaire. The trial of U.S. Rep.... However, the judge overseeing the case has ruled that the congressman's attorneys can't argue that the prosecution is political.... In the California district where Fortenberry is charged, prosecutors secured 489 convictions and lost one case....

LOS ANGELES--A close friend and supporter of a Nebraska congressman told a federal jury Friday that he acted as a middleman in a plot that funneled$ 30, 000 from a Nigerian-born billionaire to the Republican lawmaker’s reelection campaign through straw donors.On the third day of Rep.... Jeff Fortenberry’s trial in U.S. District Court in Los Angeles, Toufic Baaklini said that he received the cash from the son of businessman Gilbert Chagoury, the source of the funds.... Chagoury admitted to the