As an alum of the U.S. attorney’s office for the Southern District of New York, I am deeply troubled by reports that President Trump’s Justice Department may order the acting U.S. attorney to drop ...

Fortenberry’s charges were dismissed with prejudice, which prevents a future administration from bringing the same charges ...

President Trump said the former Republican congressman from Nebraska, who faced renewed charges he lied to federal investigators, had been the victim of a ...

The Department of Justice has moved to dismiss the case against former U.S. Congressman Jeff Fortenberry from Nebraska.

Fortenberry represented Nebraska until resigning in 2022 following an initial conviction in a jury trial in California. That ...

A one-page court filing doesn't explain why the U.S. attorney's office in Washington, D.C., is seeking the dismissal of ...

The US has agreed to drop its case against former Rep. Jeff Fortenberry (R-Neb.), which alleged he engaged in a scheme to hide the origin of a 2016 campaign contribution.

Jeffrey Fortenberry, a Republican who resigned after a related conviction in 2022. Ed Martin, a conservative activist, has served as the top federal prosecutor for the District of Columbia since P ...