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Congressman Enrique Roberto, Henry Cuellar and his wife,
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Imelda have been charged with money laundering and accepting foreign bribes.
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Even his wife got in on that action.
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The Texas rep allegedly accepted $600,000 in bribes from an oil company
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owned by the government of Azer Ban and a Mexico City bank
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I hope I said that shit correctly.
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But, but if I did it,
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sorry guys. But yeah,
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and in exchange for the money,
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he agreed to influence us foreign policy to favor Azerbaijan and to
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push laws that favor the Mexican bank.
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Hm Mess even show an a Zerba diplomat calling Cuellar H Yeah
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And the congressman and his wife are being charged with bribery
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money laundering conspiracy to commit wire fraud and several other offenses.
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They were each released on $100,000 bonds.
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Got that money. Yeah.
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Pollar said he and his wife are innocent of these allegations.
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They face decades in prison if convicted.
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