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According to aggregate media reports from NBC, ABC and CNN Friday citing unnamed sources, nan Justice Department is expected to indict Rep. Henry Cuellar, D-Texas. Cuellar issued a connection proclaiming some he and his woman are "innocent of these allegations." File Photo by Kevin Dietsch/UPI | License Photo
May 3 (UPI) -- The Justice Department is expected to indict Rep. Henry Cuellar, D-Texas.
NBC, ABC and CNN each reported nan expected indictment, citing unnamed sources.
In a Friday statement, Cuellar said, "I want to beryllium clear that some my woman and I are innocent of these allegations. Everything I person done successful Congress has been to service nan group of South Texas."
He added, "Furthermore, we requested a gathering pinch nan Washington, D.C., prosecutors to explicate nan facts and they refused to talk nan lawsuit pinch america aliases to perceive our side."
He said he would tally for re-election successful November.
Without specifying nan allegation, Cuellar said nan allegation that his woman is "anything but qualified and hard-working is some incorrect and offensive."
In a statement, nan National Republican Congressional Campaign Committee said, "Henry Cuellar does not put Texas first, he puts himself first. If his colleagues genuinely judge successful putting 'people complete politics,' they will telephone connected him to resign. If not -- they are hypocrites whose statements astir nationalist work aren't worthy nan insubstantial they're written on."
The Justice Department declined to comment. Cuellar said he has sought proposal from nan House Ethics Committee and a nationalist rule patient connected really to respond.
A root acquainted pinch nan business told CNN that nan Justice Department is expected to indict Cuellar. The charges person not been made public.
In January 2022, nan FBI searched Cuellar's location and a building wherever his run office was located, saying only that it was a "court-authorized" search.
It's chartless whether that hunt and nan expected indictment are related.
ABC News cited a root acquainted pinch nan matter who said nan 2022 FBI hunt was portion of a larger national investigation related to nan erstwhile Soviet authorities of Azerbaijan and immoderate U.S. businessmen.
Federal expansive assemblage action that led to nan FBI hunt besides issued subpoenas of companies and different organizations pinch links to Azerbaijan. That included records related to Cuellar and his wife, according to ABC News.
Cuellar is simply a erstwhile co-chair of nan Congressional Azerbaijani Caucus and successful that domiciled met pinch Azerbaijani officials.
