DEATH OF A DINO:...Congressman Henry Cuellar's Bribery Charge May End Career....Laredo Democrat & Wife Accused Of Taking $600,000 Bribe...But Trump Comes To His Defense...

 

By DUARDO PAZ-MARTINEZ

McALLEN, Texas |...Democrat Henry Cuellar is gone. Those bribery charges he and his wife are facing will end his long career in Congress. To use a commonly-known analogy, that's the way the crispy taco crumbles.

There has been little defense of the 68-year-old Cuellar coming from fellow Democrats.

Make a hole. Make room for Cuellar's unceremonious departure. Yes, he is innocent until proven guilty in a court of law, but that's only a matter of time for this guy, a slick politician better known for his votes with Republicans than for upholding his party's ideology.

Too bad for his 67-year-old wife, Imelda, who has also been charged.

But as with any B-grade movie about crime, there was a sort of happy, supportive wave from a man also wearing a few indictments around his neck - one Donald J. Trump.

This from a report on axios.com: [ . . . .Trump wrote on Truth Social that the Department of Justice indicted Cuellar "because the Respected Democrat Congressman wouldn't play Crooked Joe's Open Border game."

"He was for Border Control, so they said, "Let's use the FBI and DOJ to take him out!" This is the way they operate," Trump wrote.

The Justice Department alleged that Cuellar took nearly $600,000 in bribes from an Azerbaijani government-controlled oil company and a Mexican bank.

In return, prosecutors allege that Cuellar agreed to "influence U.S. foreign policy in favor of Azerbaijan" and advance the bank's interests in the U.S., per the indictment. ]

Cuellar is up for reelection in November.

He barely eked-out a win in his last one, winning by only 300 votes.

Cuellar has denied the charges.

These coddled, air-conditioned guys always do, don't they?...

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