The charges concerned his knowledge of campaign donations made with funds from a foreign national, and the jury returned the verdicts after less than three hours of deliberations.
Rep. Jeff Fortenberry told the FBI that he never received any money from foreign sources. In reality, he took $30,000 funneled from a Nigerian billionaire, Gilbert Chagoury.
US Rep. Jeff Fortenberry of Nebraska was convicted Thursday on charges that he lied to federal authorities about an illegal $30,000 contribution to his campaign from a foreign.