Crime House Rep Cuellar and wife indicted for foreign bribes

[cottagecheesefan]

In addition to the oil and gas company mentioned in the tweet, also took bribes from a Mexico City bank to pressure allies within the executive branch. The oil and gas company is state owned and Cuellar was to help create policy in favour of Azerbaijan.

Most interesting part is instead of gold bars and hard cash like sen menendez, the indictment states they his wife created shell companies to launder the money, but there is no evidence of her doing any real and legitimate work at those shell companies.... hmm, I think I have heard that before

I wonder how common this is, when there are random ear marks in these mega bills congress passes, with like 12 million going to a country you never heard of to build an LGBT center, etc, how much of that is just foreign countries having people craft policy to send them cash that we will never see again, or follow up with to ensure it was spent properly

 

[Sinister]

Hook him, book him, cook him.

 

[cottagecheesefan]

Hook him, book him, cook him.

I wish there were more details available. I legit curious what someone like him would even pressure people within the executive branch to do that some how benefits a specific Mexican bank. Maybe something about international banking fees between Mexican and American banks.

Also I checked his voting record, I though maybe if he was a big green new deal advocate, or stopping oil production domestically, etc. But he is from Texas and quite moderate on those issues, being one of only two democrats to vote to push back some of the regulations from the Inflation Reduction act.

 

[Sinister]

I wish there were more details available. I legit curious what someone like him would even pressure people within the executive branch to do that some how benefits a specific Mexican bank. Maybe something about international banking fees between Mexican and American banks.

Also I checked his voting record, I though maybe if he was a big green new deal advocate, or stopping oil production domestically, etc. But he is from Texas and quite moderate on those issues, being one of only two democrats to vote to push back some of the regulations from the Inflation Reduction act.

Influence peddling isnt the same thing as results peddling. And half these charlatans bank on that as a legal distinction.

 

[Misfit23]

Slap on the wrist probably.

 

[jx820]

It's crazy to me that these guys take the risk of illeagal bribes when they can be bribed legally. Just wash it through a PAC and a small business or two.

Also, if true, lock him up.

 

[CantCucktheTuck]

Lets see if he gets the Santos treatment or the Menedez treatment.

 

[Sinister]

Could be tangential:

FTC rocks oil industry with claim that Texas executive was colluding with OPEC to fix prices

The FTC order approving an Exxon merger says Pioneer Natural Resources co-founder Scott Sheffield exchanged hundreds of text messages with OPEC representatives and officials.

fortune.com

 

[cottagecheesefan]

Interesting the Biden DOJ decided to do this a day or two after Cuellar vote to condemn Biden's border policies

 

[Fluffernutter]

Wasn't this guy carjacked a little while ago?

 

[K1levelgrappler]

He should just run for president and say this is election interference

Bing bong ez pz

 

[Tatra]

I think it's pretty obvious at this point the entire system is running on corruption.

 

[Sinister]

Interesting the Biden DOJ decided to do this a day or two after Cuellar vote to condemn Biden's border policies

Even when the DOJ targets Democrats, its wrong

 

[jk7707]

Good.

Fuck'em.