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A federal appeals court ruled Tuesday against former Rep. Jeff Fortenberry, saying his decision to try a Nebraska lawmaker in California for allegedly contributing to a foreign campaign violated his due process rights. The judgment was canceled.

In a ruling released Tuesday, three judges on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit in San Francisco ruled that the nine-term Republican should not have been tried in Los Angeles for certain crimes he was charged with. handed down a judgment. Washington DC. I was being raped. , Nebraska. The committee also rejected prosecutors' argument that criminal activity would occur even if it affected a federal investigation.

Mr. Fortenberry resigned from Congress in March 2022 after a Los Angeles jury found him guilty of lying to federal authorities about receiving illegal campaign contributions from foreign nationals. Mr. Fortenberry faced pressure to resign from both legislative leadership and Nebraska's then-governor. Pete Ricketts.

Boysenberry and his wife praised Tuesday's decision. "I am pleased with the Ninth Circuit's decision," Boysenberry said in a statement to The Associated Press. I would like to thank everyone who helped." The Justice Department said the decision could allow the case to be reopened.

"This ruling does not preclude a retrial for then-Congressman Fortenberry on charges that he made multiple false statements to federal officers," said Tom Mrozek, a spokesman for the Los Angeles U.S. Attorney's Office. said in a statement. "We are evaluating possible next steps before deciding how best to move forward."

Federal prosecutors say Gilbert Chancery, a Paris-based Nigerian-Lebanese businessman, donated $30,000 in campaign funds to Fortenberry through a strawman donor at a Los Angeles fundraiser in 2016. claims. The fundraiser's organizer, Elias Ayoub, became a cooperating witness with the FBI and told Fortenberry the source of the funds in a 2018 phone conversation recorded by investigators.

However, when interviewed by federal investigators in Nebraska and Washington, D.C. in 2019, Mr. Fortenberry denied his knowledge of foreign campaign contributions. He was dealt with. Fortenberry was charged in 2021 with making false statements to investigators and attempting to falsify and conceal material facts. Federal prosecutors insisted that the Nebraska lawmaker be tried in Los Angeles, noting that the illegal donations were made there even though he has not been charged with receiving illegal donations.

Fortenberry was sentenced to two years' probation and fined $25,000.The Ninth Circuit's decision was not entirely unexpected. During oral arguments in July, Judge James Donato, one of the three judges who heard the Fortenberry case and the author of Tuesday's decision, said the Justice Department had decided to try him in Los Angeles. He expressed support for the claims made by the lawmakers that his rights had been violated.