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Appeals court tosses ex-Republican Rep. Jeff Fortenberry’s conviction for lying to feds
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0:38Now PlayingA federal appeals court panel threw out the conviction Tuesday of former Rep. Jeff Fortenberry (R-Neb.) for lying to the FBI about illegal campaign contributions.
The three-judge panel of the San Francisco-based Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals ruled unanimously that Fortenberry was wrongly tried in Los Angeles, rather than in Nebraska or Washington, DC.
Fortenberry, 62, resigned his House seat following his conviction in March 2022 on counts of concealing information and making false statements to federal authorities.
The former lawmaker was sentenced that June to two years of probation, 320 hours of community service, and a $25,000 fine.
“The Constitution plainly requires that a criminal defendant be tried in the place where the criminal conduct occurred,” US District Judge James Donato wrote for the panel.
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