“Rep. Henry Cuellar’s (D-TX) indictment marks the third high-profile Hispanic lawmaker to have been indicted in recent months,” Politico reports.
“Critically, the influential Congressional Hispanic Caucus is coming to his defense.”
“That’s a marked difference from how the group treated Sen. Bob Menendez (D-N.
J.), a fellow member who was indicted on charges that he and his wife accepted bribes in forms of cash, a car and gold bars to help aid the Egyptian government. Generally, the CHC has stayed far away from Menendez’s issues, but they’re explicitly defending Cuellar — who’s also accused of accepting bribes to help a foreign government.”