Rep. Henry Cuellar (D-Azerbaijan) and his spouse had been indicted on corruption fees Friday. They accepted practically $600,000 over 10 years in bribes from an oil firm owned by a international authorities and different worldwide entities, the Justice Division claims.
In line with the indictment, Cuellar influenced a collection of legislative measures relating to Azerbaijan’s battle with neighboring Armenia, inserted language favored by Azerbaijan into laws and committee experiences governing sure safety and financial support packages and consulted with representatives of Azerbaijan relating to their efforts to foyer to the U.S. authorities. Cuellar as soon as served as a co-chair of the Congressional Azerbaijan Caucus, and repeatedly met with Azerbaijan officers, together with the ambassador of Azerbaijan, Elin Suleymanov in that function.
Then-Home Speaker Nancy Pelosi had this criminal’s again to the purpose of supporting him in opposition to major challengers even after the FBI raided him and it was apparent he was going to get collared.
U.S. Home Speaker Nancy Pelosi affirmed her assist Wednesday for U.S. Rep. Henry Cuellar, D-Laredo, who was pressured right into a major runoff earlier this month after the FBI raided his residence. “I assist my incumbents,” Pelosi mentioned throughout an unrelated information convention in Austin. “I assist each certainly one of them, from proper to left. That’s what I do.” Cuellar, a centrist Democrat, is within the runoff in opposition to Jessica Cisneros, the progressive challenger who ran in opposition to him in 2020 and misplaced by a small margin. Within the lead-up to that major, Pelosi visited Laredo and campaigned for Cuellar
Undecided I respect this ongoing experiment in stripping the proposition “at the very least vote in opposition to Trump” to its naked bones. By November voting Democrat in ever different district might be pores and skin to celebration video games the place it’s essential to reply horrid questions like “Would you slightly be sodomized by a dolphin or eaten by a shark?”
There’s a silver lining: Cuellar was the final anti-abortion Home Democrat. You may purchase something from him for $60k a yr however you could not purchase that.