Rep. Henry Cuellar's 28-count indictment against him and his wife may affect his reelection chances in 2024.
congressman and his wife on Friday, accusing Cuellar of allegedly accepting nearly $600,000 in bribes from two foreign entities: the government of Azerbaijan and a bank based in Mexico City.
“Before I took any action, I proactively sought legal advice from the House Ethics Committee, who gave me more than one written opinion, along with an additional opinion from a national law firm,” the Texas Democrat said. “The actions I took in Congress were consistent with the actions of many of my colleagues and in the interest of the American people.”How the indictment will affect Cuellar’s chances of reelection remains to be seen.
“Henry Cuellar does not put Texas first, he puts himself first,” NRCC spokeswoman Delanie Bomar said in a statement. “If his colleagues truly believe in putting ‘people over politics,’ they will call on him to resign. If not – they are hypocrites whose statements about public service aren’t worth the paper they’re written on.”
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