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Corrupt Democrat Rep. Caught Taking Bribes

Gateway Pundit, by Gregory Lyakhov

Posted By: ladydawgfan, 8/9/2025 7:42:30 PM

In 2013, U.S. Representative Henry Cuellar and his wife took a seemingly routine trip to Turkey and Azerbaijan, funded by an obscure Houston-based nonprofit. What followed, federal prosecutors now allege, was a years-long scheme involving foreign influence, money laundering, and one of the most serious indictments ever brought against a sitting member of Congress. According to a federal indictment unsealed last week, Cuellar and his wife accepted nearly $600,000 in bribes from two foreign entities: Azerbaijan’s state-owned oil company, SOCAR, and Mexico’s Banco Azteca. Prosecutors allege that Cuellar, a Democrat from Laredo, Texas,