Three people have pled guilty in the federal criminal investigation into Rep. Henry Cuellar (D-TX) and his wife allegedly accepting bribes from foreign entities in exchange for taking official actions as an elected official to further the interests of those entities.
The 68-year-old congressman was charged along with his wife, Imelda Cuellar, 67, with allegedly participating in two schemes involving bribery, unlawful foreign influence, and money laundering, the DOJ said in a statement.
The Cuellars allegedly took nearly $600,000 in bribes from an oil and gas company that is wholly owned and controlled by the government of Azerbaijan and a bank that is headquartered in Mexico city.
Two of Cuellar’s political consultants — former aide Colin Strother and Florencia Roden — struck plea deals earlier this year on felony money laundering charges related to the bank in Mexico, The…
