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President Donald Trump on Sunday sharply criticized Rep. Henry Cuellar, D-Texas, accusing him of showing “a lack of loyalty” by running for re-election as a Democrat just days after receiving a presidential pardon. In a post on Truth Social, Trump wrote that Texas voters — and Cuellar’s daughters — “will …

Jimmy Williams The House Committee on Ethics announced on Wednesday that it will investigate Texas Democratic Rep. Henry Cuellar over federal charges of foreign influence and bribery. Ethics Committee Chairman Michael Guest, R-Miss., will lead the probe, with Rep. Glenn F. Ivey, D-Md., serving as the ranking member. Reps. Ben …

William Melhado, The Texas Tribune A third person with ties to U.S. Rep. Henry Cuellar’s bribery case has pleaded guilty, according to a recently unsealed plea agreement, after the South Texas Democrat was accused of accepting nearly $600,000 in bribes from Azerbaijan and a Mexican bank. Irada Akhoundova pleaded guilty …

Matthew Choi, The Texas Tribune U.S. Rep. Henry Cuellar, a powerful South Texas Democrat, was indicted with his wife Imelda on Friday on charges of accepting almost $600,000 in bribes from Azerbaijan and a Mexican bank. Cuellar allegedly accepted the payments from Azerbaijan’s state-run oil and gas company after they …