Republican Rep. Jeff Fortenberry of Nebraska was found guilty Thursday of concealing information and lying to federal authorities about $30,000 in illegal campaign contributions made to the his 2016 reelection campaign.
A federal jury in Los Angeles convicted Fortenberry on two counts of making false statements to federal investigators and one count of scheming to falsify and conceal material facts, according to a Justice Department spokesperson. He faces up to five years in federal prison on each count, which would be a maximum of 15 years on all three felonies.
He is to be sentenced June 28 before U.S. District Judge Stanley Blumenfeld Jr.
