Congressman says he expects to be indicted

1 00:00:01,440 –> 00:00:06,930 >> Hi this is Jeff Fortenberry and I’m out for a drive in my 1963 Ford F 100 pickup 2 00:00:06,930 –> 00:00:11,270 truck with our dog Pippin and this is my wife Celeste. We do this every now and then. 3 00:00:11,400 –> 00:00:16,930 >> I wanted to send you a video because we do have something hard to tell you. 4 00:00:17,230 –> 00:00:22,710 >> So many of you have been so kind to us through the years and it’s treated us in my family with such generosity we 5 00:00:22,710 –> 00:00:28,470 thought you ought to know first about five and a half years ago a person from overseas illegally 6 00:00:28,470 –> 00:00:34,050 moved money to my campaign. I didn’t know anything about this and used some other Americans to 7 00:00:34,050 –> 00:00:39,300 do so. They were all caught and punished. Thankfully. About two and a half 8 00:00:39,300 –> 00:00:43,220 years ago I had a knock on my door on a weekend. 9 00:00:43,440 –> 00:00:49,320 >> I had been out dealing with the effects of the bomb cyclone that had hit us which was so devastatingly harsh 10 00:00:49,320 –> 00:00:54,570 to our communities. They were FBI agents from California. I 11 00:00:54,570 –> 00:01:00,000 let them in my house. I answered their questions. Later we went back and answered further 12 00:01:00,000 –> 00:01:05,430 questions I told them what I knew and what I understood. They’ve accused me of lying to 13 00:01:05,430 –> 00:01:09,880 them and are charging me with this. 14 00:01:10,200 –> 00:01:16,360 >> We’re shocked we’re stunned. I feel so personally betrayed. 15 00:01:16,360 –> 00:01:21,660 We thought we were trying to help and so now we will have to fight. You’ve 16 00:01:21,660 –> 00:01:27,330 known me for many many years. I try to give you honest clear answers and 17 00:01:27,330 –> 00:01:32,580 do my duty as a representative for our great state and for America. And 18 00:01:32,580 –> 00:01:38,070 I try to do so forthrightly for you and our families to be accused of 19 00:01:38,070 –> 00:01:42,530 this is extremely painful and we are suffering greatly. 20 00:01:42,540 –> 00:01:47,760 >> We will fight these charges did not lie to them I told them what I knew. But we need 21 00:01:47,760 –> 00:01:53,100 your help. First of all please pray for us because this is a difficult time. Please stand with 22 00:01:53,100 –> 00:01:58,860 us and you can send some kind comments out would also be helpful. Hopefully this all ends happily 23 00:01:58,860 –> 00:02:04,250 for the sake of justice for the sake of my own to integrity for the sake of the American system. 24 00:02:04,260 –> 00:02:07,320 >> This is wrong at so many levels. Thank you so much.

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