GOP Rep. Fortenberry Resigns From Congress After Being Convicted of Lying to FBI About Foreign Campaign Contribution

Nebraska GOP Congressman Jeff Fortenberry on Saturday resigned from Congress after being convicted of lying to the FBI.

“Due to the difficulties of my current circumstances, I can no longer serve you effectively,” Fortenberry said in a statement.

Kevin McCarthy joined Speaker Pelosi and called for Fortenberry to step down.

“I think when someone’s convicted, it’s time to resign,” McCarthy told reporters, according to Politico.

“Congressman Fortenberry’s conviction represents a breach of the public trust and confidence in his ability to serve. No one is above the law,” Pelosi, a lifelong crook who mysteriously made hundreds of millions of dollars as a member of Congress said on Friday.

Fortenberry was convicted on three felony counts – one count of falsifying and concealing material facts and two counts of making false statements (each count carries five years) by a federal grand jury in Los Angeles.

Fortenberry’s lawyers argued at trial that the FBI lured the Congressman into giving two interviews – then indicted him after he couldn’t remember all the details about a conversation he had with an FBI informant about the illicit campaign donation.

“Defense lawyers said the FBI “set up” Fortenberry after a national investigation fizzled into foreign money funneled to members of Congress. They said Fortenberry’s flaw was voluntarily meeting with agents and prosecutors to help their probe and having a faulty memory.” – AP reported.

Nebraska Governor Pete Ricketts will call a special election to fill Fortenberry’s vacant seat.

Fortenberry will be sentenced on June 28.

https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2022/03/breaking-gop-rep-fortenberry-resigns-congress-convicted-lying-fbi-foreign-campaign-contribution/

‘That’s Not for Biden to Decide’: Kremlin Responds to Biden Suggesting Regime Change in Russia

The Kremlin brushed aside President Joe Biden’s remarks that clearly suggested regime change in Russia.

“That’s not for Biden to decide. The president of Russia is elected by Russians,” Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov told Reuters on Saturday.

Earlier that day, Biden suggested that Russian President Vladimir Putin should be removed during a speech in Warsaw, Poland, before he concluded his visit to Eastern Europe.

“For God’s sake, this man cannot remain in power,” he said.

Biden met with Ukrainian officials and refugees and Polish President Andrzej Duda in Poland during his visit.

He framed the war against Russia in Ukraine, which is fought by Ukraine but supported with weapons from its allies including the United States, as part of a war between the democracy and autocracy.

It will be a “long fight,” he said.

A White House official walked back Biden’s fiery remarks against Putin right after his address.

“The President’s point was that Putin cannot be allowed to exercise power over his neighbors or the region. He was not discussing Putin’s power in Russia, or regime change,” the official stated.

This is not the first time the White House officials denied supporting regime change in Russia.

“We are not advocating for killing the leader of a foreign country or regime change. That is not the policy of the United States,” White House press secretary Jen Psaki told reporters on March 6 after Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) called for someone in Russia to “take this guy out,” referring to Putin.

https://www.ntd.com/thats-not-for-biden-to-decide-kremlin-responds-to-biden-suggesting-regime-change-in-russia_757570.html

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