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U.S. Rep. Henry Cuellar's bribery trial scheduled for March 2025

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A U.S. district court judge on Thursday scheduled U.S. Rep. Henry Cuellar's trial for a spring start date, sooner than his defense team asked for.

U.S. Rep. Henry Cuellar's bribery trial will begin March 31, 2025, a federal judge declared Thursday after rejecting his defense team's request to set it for next fall. “That’s too far away,” U.S. District Court Judge Rosenthal said, after Cuellar attorney Chris Flood proposed a September 2025 trial start.

Gov. Greg Abbott pardons Daniel Perry, convicted for murder of Black Lives Matter protester Cuellar, a Democrat from Laredo, and his wife are accused of accepting nearly $600,000 in bribes from the government of Azerbaijan and a Mexican bank in return for official favors, according to an indictment. They have denied the charges. Prosecutors said they were ready to begin a trial at whatever date Rosenthal chose.

 

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