The campaign arm of House Republicans urged Democrats Monday to call on indicted Rep. Henry Cuellar to resign, just like Democrats pushed the GOP to oust former Rep. George Santos over criminal charges.
U.S. Rep. Henry Cuellar, D-Texas, talks to a member of the media during a campaign event in San Antonio on May 4, 2022. **FILE**
Rep. Dean Phillips, Minnesota Democrat who recently withdrew from the presidential Democratic primary, is the only Democrat who has called on Mr. Cuellar to resign since the Texas Democrat’s indictment was released by the Justice Department on Friday. Republicans are pressuring Democrats to push out Mr. Cuellar, Texas Democrat, who was recently charged, along with his wife Imelda, of accepting foreign bribes close to $600,000.
Mr. Cuellar, previously co-chair of the Congressional Azerbaijan Caucus, said in a statement that he is “innocent of these allegations.” Last December, Mr. Cuellar was among 206 Democrats who voted with 105 Republicans to expel Mr. Santos, despite his own knowledge of federal officials investigating him after they raided his home in 2022.
Christie Stephenson, spokesperson for House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, New York Democrat, said that Mr. Cuellar will take leave as the ranking member of the Appropriations Committee’s homeland security subcommittee.
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