The House Ethics Committee is opening an investigation into Democratic Rep. Henry Cuellar of Texas after his indictment this month on allegations of bribery, money laundering and working on behalf of a foreign government
The House Ethics Committee is opening an investigation into Rep. Henry Cuellar, D-Texas, after his indictment this month on allegations of bribery, money laundering and working on behalf of a foreign government. The committee said Wednesday that it voted unanimously to take the rare step of pursuing an investigation into Cuellar, 68, while he and his wife remain under investigation by the Department of Justice over the couple’s ties to the former Soviet republic of Azerbaijan.
The committee cautioned in its statement that opening an investigation does not mean that the lawmaker has violated House rules. Culler is the third lawmaker to face a federal indictment since the current congressional session began in January. He has said that he and his wife, Imelda Cuellar, 67, “are innocent of these allegations.” “Everything I have done in Congress has been to serve the people of South Texas,” Cuellar said in a statement in early May.
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