WASHINGTON — Republicans were handed a gift earlier this year, when U.S. Rep. Henry Cuellar — a beloved son of Laredo — was indicted on charges of bribery, money laundering and working for the Azerbaijanis and a Mexican bank.
The South Texas congressman was one of the GOP’s biggest targets last election cycle, and a few weeks after his indictment, the National Republican Congressional Committee, the party’s U.S. House campaign arm, announced he was once again on their hit list.
