The Justice Department has moved to drop its criminal prosecution of former Rep. Jeff Fortenberry, a Nebraska Republican who resigned last year after a conviction on charges that he lied to the FBI.
Fortenberry’s conviction by a federal jury in Los Angeles in 2022 was subsequently overturned by an appeals court that ruled he should have been tried in Kansas or Washington, D.C. The Justice Department renewed the case in Washington and he was awaiting a new trial when Donald Trump won the 2024 election….
Fortenberry was charged with making false statements to FBI investigators probing an illegal foreign contribution to his campaign.
