President Trump’s Justice Department dismissed the indictment against former Congressman Jeff Fortenberry after he was ‘set up’ by the FBI and forced to resign from Congress.

Acting DC US Attorney Ed Martin dismissed the criminal prosecution.

The indictment was dismissed with prejudice.

JUST IN: The Justice Department is abruptly dropping the criminal prosecution of former Rep. Jeff Fortenberry for allegedly lying to the FBI about a foreign contribution to his 2016 campaign.

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— Kyle Cheney (@kyledcheney) January 29, 2025

As previously reported, Nebraska GOP Congressman Jeff Fortenberry resigned from Congress in 2022 after being convicted of lying to the FBI.

“Due to the difficulties of my current circumstances, I can no longer serve you effectively,” Fortenberry said in a statement.

Former Congressman Kevin McCarthy joined then-Speaker Pelosi and called for Fortenberry to step down.

“I think when someone’s convicted, it’s time to resign,” McCarthy previously told reporters, according to Politico.

“Congressman Fortenberry’s conviction represents a breach of the public trust and confidence in his ability to serve. No one is above the law,” Pelosi, a lifelong crook who mysteriously made hundreds of millions of dollars as a member of Congress said.

Fortenberry was convicted on three felony counts – one count of falsifying and concealing material facts and two counts of making false statements (each count carries five years) by a federal grand jury in Los Angeles.

Fortenberry’s lawyers argued at trial that the FBI lured the Congressman into giving two interviews – then indicted him after he couldn’t remember all the details about a conversation he had with an FBI informant about the illicit campaign donation.

“Defense lawyers said the FBI “set up” Fortenberry after a national investigation fizzled into foreign money funneled to members of Congress. They said Fortenberry’s flaw was voluntarily meeting with agents and prosecutors to help their probe and having a faulty memory.” – AP reported.

Last year the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals wiped out Fortenberry’s conviction after his defense lawyers argued the FBI set him up.

The appeals court said the FBI interviews took place in Nebraska at Fortenberry’s home and in DC. Meanwhile, a Los Angeles jury convicted Fortenberry of the alleged crimes that took place in another state.

“Fortenberry’s trial took place in a state where no charged crime was committed, and before a jury drawn from the vicinage of the federal agencies that investigated the defendant,” US District Judge James Donato wrote in the opinion last year.

“The Constitution does not permit this. Fortenberry’s convictions are reversed so that he may be retried, if at all, in a proper venue,” the opinion read.

“We are gratified by the Ninth Circuit’s decision. Celeste and I would like to thank everyone who has stood by us and supported us with their kindness and friendship,” Fortenberry said in a statement.

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Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams flew up to the International Space Station for a one-week mission aboard the Boeing’s Starliner EIGHT MONTHS AGO.

While NASA has guaranteed that the two are not ‘stranded’ in space, the drama of the two astronauts has captured the attention of a worried planet Earth.

Now, US President Donald J. Trump, in his relentless work of fixing the innumerable screw-ups left by the Joe Biden administration from hell, Has decided that enough is enough, and intervened to speed up the process of bringing Wilmore and Williams back.

Musk’s reaction was posted on X:

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— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) January 29, 2025

New York Post reported:

“The SpaceX CEO and ‘Department of Government Efficiency’ head said in a social media post he was asked by President Donald Trump to rescue Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams, who have both been in space since last June as part of what was initially meant to be a weeklong mission.

The two NASA pilots reached the International Space Station via a Starliner – Boeing’s first flight into space – but problems with the capsule quickly developed, including helium leaks and thruster problems.”

The Starliner returned to Earth empty after NASA determined the Starliner was not safe to a crewed flight back.

Read: BRING THEM HOME – Suni Williams and Butch Wilmore’s Families Speak up as the Astronauts Remain Stranded in Space

The @POTUS has asked @SpaceX to bring home the 2 astronauts stranded on the @Space_Station as soon as possible. We will do so.

Terrible that the Biden administration left them there so long.

— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) January 28, 2025

“There were plans developed months earlier by NASA for Wilmore and Williams to hitch a ride on a SpaceX capsule that would transport them to Earth by this February, but the ride was delayed to March or early April.

While the SpaceX capsule that Wilmore and Williams will use is already in space, Musk’s company delayed the launch of the replacement astronauts who must reach the space station before the pair can go home.”

Read: DRAGON TO THE RESCUE: SpaceX Launches Dragon Spacecraft for 5-Month Expedition That Will Bring back the Stranded Astronauts From Troubled Boeing Starliner Mission (VIDEO)

Watch: Wilmore and Williams in a press conmference some four months ago.

Read more:

Failure to Launch: Boeing’s First Manned Space Flight Aborted at Last Minute Due to Unidentified “Problem” (VIDEO)

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As Democrat senators continued their interrogation of President Trump’s choice for Secretary of Health and Human Services, Robert F. Kennedy Jr., Bernie Sanders (Socialist-VT) came absolutely unglued.

As The Gateway Pundit’s Jordan Conradson reported, RFK Jr. appeared this morning to testify before the Senate Finance Committee to make his case as Trump’s pick for Secretary of Health and Human Services. RFK Jr., Kash Patel, and Tulsi Gabbard will sit for hearings this week.

Earlier, Senator Ron Wyden (D-OR) set out from the beginning to conduct a massive character assassination on RFK Jr.. Still, the man at the forefront of Making America Healthy Again (along with President Trump) was more than ready and blew up his lies.

A short time later, Senator Mark Warner stepped up to the plate to bash RFK Jr., but he made an embarrassing mistake in his effort to ambush him.

Then, it was Comrade Bernie Sanders’s turn to interrogate RFK. Jr., and epic humiliation ensued.

Sanders brought photos of two onesies as props from RFK Jr.’s  Kennedy’s former organization, the Children’s Defense Fund. One said, “No Vax, No Problem,” while the other said, “Unvaxxed, Unafraid.” Then, he tried to entrap the HHS nominee with a stupid gotcha question.

“You have started a group called the Children’s Health Defense…Right now, they are selling these “onesies” for babies,” Sanders stated while showing the shirts. “You have said before this committee you are pro-vaccine, and yet your organization is making money selling a child’s product to parents, which casts fundamental doubt on the usefulness of vaccines.

Can you tell, since you are pro-vaccine, that you will have your organization take these products off the market?

“Senator, I have no power over this organization,” RFK Jr. replied. “I resigned from the board months ago.”

WATCH:

NEW: Bernie Sanders has a problem with RFK Jr selling onesies: “ARE YOU SUPPORTIVE OF THESE ONESIES!?” pic.twitter.com/TWNc1IGXGl

— Autism Capital (@AutismCapital) January 29, 2025

“That was just a few months ago,” Sanders fired back. “You have the power; you can certainly (stop it).”

After RFK Jr. continued to refuse to take the bait, Sanders completely combusted.

“Are you supportive of this? Are you supportive of these onesies!” he shouted.

“Are you supportive of this clothing, which is militantly antivaccine?!”

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President Trump’s Health and Human Services Secretary nominee Robert F. Kennedy Jr. appeared before the Senate Finance Committee on Wednesday as his confirmation hearings got underway.

As expected, Democrat Senators sneered at RFK Jr. as he confronted the lawmakers about wasting taxpayers’ money.

Fake Indian and Democrat Senator Elizabeth Warren (MA) lost it on RFK Jr. after he exposed her for defending Big Pharma.

Warren begged RFK Jr. not to sue Big Pharma.

WATCH:

OMG. Elizabeth Warren is currently frantically begging RFK Jr. not to sue Big Pharma in a long droning filibuster.

RFK literally blew his nose in the middle of it.

This is amazing. pic.twitter.com/oFWGJTgNVH

— Eric Daugherty (@EricLDaugh) January 29, 2025

“I’ll comply with all of the ethical guidelines,” RFK Jr. said to Senator Warren as she grilled him on

“Senator! You are asking me not to sue vaccine — pharmaceutical companies! Yeah you are! That’s exactly what you’re doing!” RFK Jr. said.

Elizabeth Warren shouted at RFK Jr.: “No! I am not!”

She continued, “Look! No one should be fooled here! As Secretary of HHS, Robert Kennedy will have the power to undercut vaccines and vaccine manufacturing!”

WATCH:

MELTDOWN: Elizabeth Warren aka “Pocahontas” absolutely LOSES IT after RFK Jr. EXPOSES her for defending Big Pharma:

RFK Jr: “You are asking me NOT to sue Vaccine Pharmaceutical companies”

*Screaming* Warren: “NO I AM NOT!”
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— Benny Johnson (@bennyjohnson) January 29, 2025

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