Rep. Henry Cuellar's corruption trial delayed until 2025

Rep. Henry Cuellar, a Democrat from Texas, recently learned that his federal corruption trial has been delayed until after Election Day.

The decision to postpone the trial was handed down by a federal judge on June 7.

Henry Cuellar and his wife, Imelda Cuellar, have been indicted on conspiracy and bribery charges in relation to their ties to Azerbaijan.

"The bribe payments were allegedly laundered, pursuant to sham consulting contracts, through a series of front companies and middlemen into shell companies owned by Imelda Cuellar, who performed little to no legitimate work under the contracts," the indictment against them reads.

"In exchange for the bribes paid by the Mexican bank, Congressman Cuellar allegedly agreed to influence legislative activity and to advise and pressure high-ranking U.S. Executive Branch officials regarding measures beneficial to the bank," the indictment continues.

Henry Cuellar wasted no time in refuting the allegations against him, saying that both he and his wife are "innocent of these allegations."

Cuellar explained his side of the story:

Everything I have done in Congress has been to serve the people of South Texas. Before I took action, I proactively sought legal advice from the House Ethics Committee, who gave me more than one written opinion, along with an additional opinion from a national law firm. Furthermore, we requested a meeting with the Washington D.C. prosecutors to explain the facts and they refused to discuss the case with us or hear our side.

Cuellar has represented Texas' 28th Congressional District since 2005 and is running for reelection again this year.

Having his dirty laundry aired to the world would have almost certainly hurt his reelection chances, but now he gets to keep the details secret until after all of the ballots have been cast.

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Will Cuellar win his election?

Will he be found guilty or innocent?

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