US EditionDean Phillips becomes first Democrat to call for Cuellar to resign
- Rep. Dean Phillips was the first Democrat to call for Rep. Henry Cuellar's resignation following Cuellar's indictment by the Department of Justice.
- Rep. Henry Cuellar and his wife were hit with 14 charges, including bribery and money laundering, linked to accepting around $600,000 in bribes from Azerbaijan and a Mexican bank.
- Cuellar allegedly offered political advantages to the foreign entities in exchange for the funds.
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Dean Phillips becomes first Democrat to call for Cuellar to resign
Rep. Dean Phillips (D-Minn.) became the first Democrat to call for Rep. Henry Cuellar (D-Texas) to resign in light of the Justice Department (DOJ) indictment he and his wife were hit with on Friday. “While the bar for Federal indictment is high, trust in our government is low,” Phillips said in a post on the…
Dean Phillips, representative for Minnesota, called for the resignation of Democrat Henry Cuellar, a senator accused together with his wife of having received bribes from an Azerbaijani oil company and a bank operating from Mexico, with the objective of using his political office to promote his interests in the United States
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The GuardianDean Phillips becomes first Democrat to call on Henry Cuellar to resign
Rep. Dean Phillips (D-MN) became the first Democrat to call for fellow Rep. Henry Cuellar’s (D-TX) resignation on Friday following the Texas congressman’s indictment by the Department of Justice. “While the bar for Federal indictment is high, trust in our government is low,” Phillips said. “That’s why office holders and candidates under indictment should resign or end their campaigns, including Sen. Bob Menendez, Donald Trump, & Rep. Henry Cuell…
Dean Phillips becomes first House Democrat to call on Rep. Cuellar to resign after indictment
Rep. Dean Phillips was the first House Democrat to call on colleague Rep. Henry Cuellar, also a Democrat, to resign after his bribery and conspiracy indictment Friday.
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