Lawyers for GOP lawmaker accused of lying to FBI plan to argue he was confused because of his age

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

Attorneys representing GOP Rep. Jeff Fortenberry plan to argue the Nebraska lawmaker was confused because of his age during FBI questioning on potential campaign finance violations, according to new court documents.

Pretrial briefs filed on Friday say his attorneys plan to call up an expert who can speak to the fallibility of memory and aging to contest the accusation that he lied to the FBI, The Omaha World-Herald reported.

According to the report, his lawyers said they wanted his entire conversation with the FBI played for the jury to show agents' questions were repetitive and Fortenberry was confused rather than lying.

Representatives for Fortenberry did not immediately return Insider's request for comment on Sunday.

https://www.yahoo.com/news/lawyers-gop-lawmaker-accused-lying-162410762.html

Sir you're younger than me. If you're suffering from premature dementia maybe it's time to retire.

[Kittycatkat]

1. Now he's lying about lying...

[Pantagruel]

2. He's 62!!!

[Emile]

3. Is that the best defense those expensive lawyers could come up with?

[captain queeg]

4. This shit started with Raygun. It was BS then and still is.

If someone’s memory is that bad they should have resigned. He’s several years younger than I am, sometimes I can be a bit forgetful, but not important work things.

[Ocelot II]

5. He didn't forget where he put his car keys.

That's the kind of stuff you start forgetting when you get older. But this jackass is only 61, and unless he's got premature Alzheimer's, in which case he should resign immediately, there's no way he was confused or forgetful about what he told the FBI. I'm older than he is, and I don't (usually) even forget where I put my car keys.

[Jilly_in_VA]

6. Fortenberry is 61

This is extreme bull pucky. Or maybe he has early onset Alzheimer's, in which case it's time for him to retire immediately.

[Sneederbunk]

7. Obviously unfit for office. Resign now and get treatment.

[SWBTATTReg]

8. Then he's incapable of doing what else because of his so-called age? How insulting to the

rest of us old timers here (over 50, and I'm just picking a cutoff here, so I apologize to anyone offended in advance).

So, as 'old timers', we can't have the grandkids over, can't do any more cooking or bar-be-ques (too dangerous), can't go shopping (forget what they were supposed to get), can't drive anymore, etc.

So, your high and mighty leader djt, who's 75, is a serial liar (Opps! He's 'confused', not a 'liar').

We could go on and on and on with the list of things that older people get supposedly confused on, and I daresay that age in a lot of cases, has nothing to do w/ forgetfulness. A lot of it has to do w/ attention spans, whether or not the topic is interesting enough to keep one's attention span, not related to physical ailments (in short). My dad was like that, if you were talking to him and the topic wasn't terribly interesting to him, he kind of toned you out (my mom didn't like this at all but caught on to this trick of his).

Confused because of one's age is not a valid excuse, and if one has to make that excuse (like he is now), then why haven't they and others said something before? Memory loss doesn't just creep up on someone, it happens over a gradual period of time. If anyone has elderly parents or family members, we all know this.

[Baitball Blogger]

9. So predictable.

[struggle4progress]

10. "Senile dementia can suddenly strike any GOP politician with a lawyer"