The charges concerned his knowledge of campaign donations made with funds from a foreign national, and the jury returned the verdicts after less than three hours of deliberations.
guilty of three felonies for lying to and misleading the FBI about his knowledge of campaign donations made with funds from a foreign national.
Prosecutors said Fortenberry lied to investigators when he denied knowing that Gilbert Chagoury, a wealthy Lebanese-Nigerian businessman who lives in France, donated about $30,000 to his campaign through intermediaries at a 2016 fundraiser in Glendale, Calif. FBI agents went to Fortenberry’s home in early 2019 and secretly videotaped the congressman as they questioned him about his knowledge of the fundraising. He denied knowing about foreign money or straw donations, but did say Ayoub said something worrying that led the lawmaker to cut the conversations short.
He was not charged with any campaign finance violation or with knowing about the foreign-funded or conduit donations at the time of the 2016 fundraiser.
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