Judge: Fortenberry (R) will be tried where crime was alleged to have begun: LA, not Nebraska
Todd Cooper Feb 14, 2022 Updated 20 min ago
A judge will not transfer Rep. Jeff Fortenberry’s trial to Nebraska, noting that a fundraiser that was the genesis of the criminal case against the nine-term congressman took place in California.
So shall the trial, U.S. District Judge Stanley Blumenfeld Jr. ruled Monday.
The judge set Fortenberry's trial to begin March 15 in Los Angeles. Attorneys have guessed it will take about four days.
Fortenberry, of Lincoln, stands accused of three felonies — seeking to conceal the existence of conduit contributions that originated from a Paris-based Nigerian billionaire and two counts of lying to federal agents about the source of those funds. The funds were channeled through a California fundraiser for Fortenberry.
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