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Media retailers are reporting that the FBI brokers seen outdoors the house and marketing campaign workplace of Texas Democrat Rep. Henry Cuellar had been there as a part of an investigation associated to Azerbaijan and contacts within the U.S.
On Thursday, ABC Information reported that sources say the FBI’s search of Cuellar’s residence and workplace had been a part of a federal probe associated to connections between the previous Soviet republic and a number of other U.S. businessmen.
U.S. Rep. Henry Cuellar, D-Texas, speaks on southern border safety and unlawful immigration throughout a information convention on the U.S. Capitol July 30, 2021, in Washington, D.C. (Kevin Dietsch/Getty Photos)
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Earlier within the day, CNN reported that the Division of Justice's Public Integrity Unit, which investigates bribery and authorities integrity, is concerned within the investigation.
"The FBI was present in the vicinity of Windridge Drive and Estate Drive in Laredo conducting court-authorized law enforcement activity," the FBI stated in a press release to Daily Post Wednesday. The company didn't present any extra data when contacted Thursday, citing the investigation's standing as ongoing.
Up to now, Cuellar has served as a co-chair of the Congressional Azerbaijan Caucus and met with a number of Azerbaijani officers, together with the nation's ambassador, Elin Suleymanov.
Cuellar’s workplace didn't instantly reply to a request for remark from Daily Post on the potential Azerbaijan connection however stated Wednesday that Cuellar is cooperating with authorities.
Rep. Henry Cuellar, D-Texas, delivers remarks throughout a rally for the passage of the USMCA commerce settlement Sept. 12, 2019, in Washington, D.C. (Tom Brenner/Getty Photos)
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"Congressman Cuellar will fully cooperate in any investigation," a spokesperson for Cuellar stated. "He is committed to ensuring that justice and the law are upheld."
Valerie Gonzales, a reporter for The Monitor, posted pictures and video Wednesday of FBI brokers current at Cuellar’s residence and workplace in Laredo, Texas, and stated that brokers eliminated a pc and baggage of things.
Cuellar, who represents Texas’ twenty eighth district that stretches from San Antonio to Laredo and to Rio Grande Metropolis, has been one of the vital outspoken liberal critics of the Biden administration's border coverage and has known as for Vice President Kamala Harris to get replaced as President Biden's "border czar."
Rep. Henry Cuellar, D-Texas, holds up a border map as he speaks throughout a gathering with lawmakers on immigration coverage within the Cupboard Room on the White Home in Washington, D.C., Jan. 9, 2018. (Jabin Botsford/The Washington Post through Getty Photos)
Cuellar is about to compete in a Democratic main March 1 to retain his seat in Congress, and one in every of his opponents, immigration legal professional Jessica Cisneros, released a press release Thursday in regards to the FBI investigation, saying her workplace is "closely watching" because the state of affairs "develops."
Additionally on Thursday, Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., issued an endorsement of Cisneros, calling Cuellar an "anti-choice Democrat" and linking him to former President Donald Trump.
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