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A congressman indicted for a bribery scheme involving the Azerbaijani government has spent over half of his campaign cash this cycle on legal services, records show. Federal Election Commission (FEC) records show that Democratic Texas Rep. Henry Cuellar spent more than $750,000 on payments to various law firms during the 2024 election cycle as authorities investigated him for accepting foreign bribes. This amount constituted roughly half of the $1.6 million total the congressman spent during that period. The Department of Justice (DOJ) indicted Cuellar in early May, alleging that the congressm…

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