The National Republican Congressional Committee wasted no time in seizing upon the indictment. Delanie Bomar, a spokesperson for the NRCC released a statement portraying Cuellar as self-serving. And claiming that “If his colleagues truly believe in putting ‘people over politics,’ they will call on him to resign. If not – they are hypocrites whose statements about public service aren’t worth the paper they’re written on.”
The legal saga unfolds at the intersection of foreign bribes, influence and politics. Cuellar, whose district includes a portion of the Texas border with Mexico, lives in Laredo.
The congressman and his wife were each released on a $100,000 bond after a first appearance in federal court in Houston.
