LINCOLN- Ohio U.S. Rep. Jim Jordan, chair of the House Judiciary Committee, sent a letter Thursday to federal prosecutors in California implying that his committee will dig into whether the prosecution of former Nebraska U.S. Rep. Jeff Fortenberry was politically motivated. The letter seeks answers to allegations by Fortenberry’s lawyers that authorities pursued him for political reasons when they charged him with lying to FBI agents about his knowledge of illegal foreign contributions to his campaign in 2016.

“There are serious concerns about the Department’s abusive tactics in its prosecution of Representative Fortenberry,” Jordan wrote on Judiciary Committee letterhead. It asks the U.S. Attorney’s Office in Los Angeles to preserve records tied to decision-making in the case. The letter said Fortenberry’s former attorney accused the lead prosecutor of “misleading him” about the then-congressman’s role as a witness, subject, or target of the investigation.

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