LINCOLN- A federal judge this week agreed with Trump administration prosecutors that the campaign finance-related felony charges filed against former Nebraska Republican U.S. Rep. Jeff Fortenberry should be dropped with prejudice. That means the same charges cannot be filed again.

Federal District Judge Trevor McFadden signed the order proposed by the Justice Department late Wednesday, which had reversed course under the new management of President Donald Trump. Trump, a Republican, has publicly complained about Fortenberry’s prosecution, saying he was mistreated.

The Justice Department investigation of Fortenberry’s 2016 fundraiser in southern California began under Trump. Prosecutors under former President Joe Biden’s Justice Department had obtained a conviction of Fortenberry for lying to federal agents and trying to conceal his knowledge of foreign campaign funds raised illegally in 2016 for his congressional campaign.

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