Fortenberry’s charges were dismissed with prejudice, which prevents a future administration from bringing the same charges against the former Republican lawmaker from Nebraska at a later date.
The Justice Department on Wednesday dropped charges in two criminal cases that President Donald Trump criticized as political, one related to the FBI raid of his Florida residence Mar-a-Lago and one against former Rep.
The Department of Justice has moved to dismiss the case against former U.S. Congressman Jeff Fortenberry from Nebraska.
The US has agreed to drop its case against former Rep. Jeff Fortenberry (R-Neb.), which alleged he engaged in a scheme to hide the origin of a 2016 campaign contribution.
Federal prosecutors maneuvered to throw out their indictment against former Rep. Jeff Fortenberry, which prompted him to resign from Congress in 2022, over charges that he lied to the FBI.
Federal prosecutors are asking a judge to dismiss their case against a former Nebraska congressman charged with lying to authorities about a foreign billionaire’s illegal $30,000 contribution to his campaign.
President Trump said the former Republican congressman from Nebraska, who faced renewed charges he lied to federal investigators, had been the victim of a
A federal judge this week agreed with Trump administration prosecutors that the campaign finance-related felony charges filed against former Nebraska Republican U.S. Rep. Jeff Fortenberry should be dropped with prejudice.
The Justice Department's second push to prosecute former U.S. Rep. Jeff Fortenberry, R-Neb., appears headed to an end.
Federal prosecutors moved to dismiss federal felony charges against former Nebraska Rep. Jeffrey Fortenberry, who was to face a second trial after his previous conviction was overturned by an appellat
The U.S. Department of Justice has moved to dismiss a criminal case against former Nebraska Congressman Jeff Fortenberry.In a court document filed Wednesday, the DOJ said it does not oppose dismissing the indictment “with prejudice,
A collision between an American Airlines passenger jet and an Army helicopter near Washington, D.C., that killed 67 people brought renewed focus on the federal agency charged with investigating aviation disasters.