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Cuellar is charged with conspiracy, bribery, money laundering, acting as a foreign agent, and more. The Department of Justice alleges that Cuellar, who has represented Texas district since 2005, accepted $600,000 in foreign bribes from 2014 to 2021 from an Azerbaijan-controlled energy company and a Mexican bank. In exchange for the bribes, the DOJ alleges, Cuellar advanced the interests of Azerbaijan on Capitol Hill, at one point giving a speech before congress praising the country.
The accusations against Mr. Cuellar, 68, and his wife Imelda, 67, center on allegations of bribery and money laundering in connection with their efforts on behalf of an oil and gas company owned by Azerbaijan’s leaders as well as an unnamed bank based in Mexico City, according to the 54-page...Conservative Democrat Rep.
From 2014 to 2021, Cuellar and his wife, Imelda Cuellar, accepted bribes from an Azerbaijan-controlled energy company and a Mexican bank, in exchange for boosting their interests on Capitol Hill, prosecutors said in an indictment charging them with conspiracy, bribery, money laundering and other charges.
The Department of Justice indicted Democratic Rep. Henry Cuellar of Texas on conspiracy and bribery charges Friday. Cuellar's wife Imelda has also been indicted in the investigation connected to $600,000 in bribes they allegedly accepted between 2014 and 2021 from an Azerbaijan-based energy company and a bank in Mexico City to advance the former Soviet republic's interests in the U.S.
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