Rep. Jeff Fortenberry made the announcement in a letter to his House colleagues, saying he’d step down effective March 31.
Rep. Jeff Fortenberry announced he was resigning from Congress on Saturday, two days after he was convicted on charges he lied to the FBI about an illegal campaign donation from a foreign billionaire.
“It has been my honor to serve with you in the United States House of Representatives,” Fortenberry said. “Due to the difficulties of my current circumstances, I can no longer effectively serve.” A California jury on Thursday found Fortenberry guilty of one count of falsifying and concealing material facts and two counts of making false statements.
Fortenberry had said he didn’t know about the donation in two interviews in 2019, in Lincoln, Nebraska and Washington DC. A man who hosted a fundraiser for the congressman in 2016 had told Fortenberry in a phone call that he dispersed the illegal donation through straw men who could then write checks to his re-election campaign.Jae C. Hong/AP
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