Former Republican Congressman’s Criminal Conviction Overturned

The US Attorney’s Office in charge of this case said they’re evaluating the ruling and didn’t exclude retrying it.

Then-Rep. Jeff Fortenberry (R-Neb.) and wife, Celeste, arrive at the federal courthouse for his trial in Los Angeles, on March 16, 2022. Jae C. Hong/AP Photo

On Tuesday, Jeffrey Fortenberry, a former U.S. Representative from Nebraska, won an appeal to overturn his criminal conviction.

The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals said Mr. Fortenberry should not have been tried in Los Angeles, where the Republican’s campaign allegedly received $30,000 from Lebanese-Nigerian billionaire Gilbert Chagoury, just because federal agents who later interviewed him about the money worked there.