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FBI agents raid Democrat Rep. Henry Cuellar’s Texas mansion and campaign headquarters
Republic Brief ^ | 01/20/2022 | Kari Donovan

Posted on 01/20/2022 9:41:27 PM PST by SeekAndFind

FBI agents searched the Texas home and campaign headquarters of longtime United States Representative Henry Cuellar as part of a ‘court-authorized’ investigation after the Congressman made critical remarks about how Democrat Joe Biden and the Democrat administration are handling the unfolding crisis at the southern border between his state and Mexico.

Cuellar is seen by associates as the most outspoken Democrat critics of the Biden administration’s border policy.

Cuellar is considered a moderate and considered one of the most conservative representatives in the Democratic caucus, and he responded to media reporters that he would cooperate with the FBI.

Cuellar’s social media shows that he supports legislation friendly to both parties, including securing the US Border, employment growth, religious freedom, and the Democrat fantasy voting rights bill, which he voted to pass.

The news of the FBI raid on his properties comes days after Cuellar tweeted out his support of US Borders and Custom Patrol and Torah Values for religious freedom:

The men & women of @cbp put their lives on the line everyday to keep us safe. That’s why in this years appropriations bill I pushed to include $415 million for pay raises and retirement benefits for CBP’s 64,000 workforce. I’ll fight to keep this language in the final bill!” Cuellar tweeted out.

The men & women of @cbp put their lives on the line everyday to keep us safe.

That’s why in this years appropriations bill I pushed to include $415 million for pay raises and retirement benefits for CBP’s 64,000 workforce.

I’ll fight to keep this language in the final bill!

— Rep. Henry Cuellar (@RepCuellar) January 18, 2022

“I look forward to working with @RepDonBacon as the Co-Chairman of the Congressional Caucus for the Advancement of Torah Values. We will protect Torah values and freedom of religion while fighting antisemitism and hatred. The inauguration of the caucus,” Cuellar posted.

I look forward to working with @RepDonBacon as the Co-Chairman of the Congressional Caucus for the Advancement of Torah Values.

We will protect Torah values and freedom of religion, while fighting antisemitism and hatred.

The inauguration of the caucus https://t.co/HcACGF6DCZ

— Rep. Henry Cuellar (@RepCuellar) January 18, 2022

News of the legal trouble for Cuellar is being seen as suspicious by his supporters. However, the FBI would not comment to the media about the focus on their investigation on Cuellar, saying only that it was an “ongoing” investigation.

Federal agents were seen inside and around Cuellar’s mansion in Laredo on Wednesday, where they took photos of trucks parked in the circular drive out front, The Monitor reported.

FBI agents were seen loading boxes, bins, bags, and a computer from Cuellar’s home into their vehicles.

The Daily Mail reported on the story:

The FBI also executed a separate search at the same time at an office where Cueller’s campaign is headquartered on Washington and Davis Avenue in Laredo, reported KGNS News.

In a statement, the FBI remained tight-lipped about the reason for the visit, but confirmed that it was part of an ‘ongoing investigation.’

‘The FBI was present in the vicinity of Windridge Drive and Estate Drive in Laredo conducting court-authorized law enforcement activity,’ a Bureau spokesperson said. ‘The FBI cannot provide further comment on an ongoing investigation.’

Cuellar, a nine-term Democrat who has harshly criticized the Biden administration over its border policies, vowed in a statement to cooperate with any probe.

News of the raid happens within one day of approval polls showing that Biden is seen as a failure by most American voters, and at a time when even Democrats are being critical of the administration’s shift too far to the left in the advancement of far-left progressive policies.



TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Government; News/Current Events; US: Texas
KEYWORDS: 1moretime; fbi; henrycuellar; raid; searchandfind; texas
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1 posted on 01/20/2022 9:41:27 PM PST by SeekAndFind
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To: SeekAndFind

The FB Eye has been weaponized by the far left elements of the Democrat party.


2 posted on 01/20/2022 9:47:20 PM PST by JaguarXKE (Liberalism is a cancer on our nation.)
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To: SeekAndFind

BTTT


3 posted on 01/20/2022 9:59:04 PM PST by nopardons
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To: SeekAndFind

Anything they dig up that could be harmful or embarrassing will be leaked to the NY times.


4 posted on 01/20/2022 10:05:45 PM PST by Dalberg-Acton
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“…In a statement, the FBI remained tight-lipped about the reason for the visit, but confirmed that it was part of an ‘ongoing investigation.’…”
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More like part of an ‘ongoing criminal enterprise’!


5 posted on 01/20/2022 10:16:22 PM PST by House Atreides
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To: SeekAndFind

Who knew we’d get to see a Praetorian guard in this century?


6 posted on 01/20/2022 10:22:09 PM PST by skr (May God confound the enemy)
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To: SeekAndFind

The NKVD are at it again


7 posted on 01/20/2022 10:22:45 PM PST by Hoosier-Daddy ("Washington, DC. You will never find a more wretched hive of scum and villainy. We must be cautious")
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How else do you get a successful coup?


8 posted on 01/20/2022 10:23:38 PM PST by Hoosier-Daddy ("Washington, DC. You will never find a more wretched hive of scum and villainy. We must be cautious")
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To: SeekAndFind

Bump


9 posted on 01/20/2022 10:32:20 PM PST by Jet Jaguar
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To: SeekAndFind

This shameless political persecution may be enough to separate the congressman from Joe Biden sufficiently that he could win reelection as a Democrat. Right now Biden’s poll numbers are so low that any rational Democrat politician would rather have Joe Biden’s administration raid their home than endorse their candidacy!


10 posted on 01/20/2022 10:45:03 PM PST by Ronaldus Magnus
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To: SeekAndFind

The charge is Counter-Revolution, Comrade Cuellar! Tell the CNN cameras how you plead!


11 posted on 01/20/2022 10:53:38 PM PST by \/\/ayne (I regret that I have but one subscription cancellation notice to give to my local newspaper)
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To: SeekAndFind
"Cuellar is seen by associates as the most outspoken Democrat critics of the Biden administration’s"

One thing about the FIB, they're consistent.

12 posted on 01/20/2022 10:54:59 PM PST by Pajamajan ( PRAY FOR OUR NATION. Never be a peaceful slave in a new socialist America.o)
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To: JaguarXKE

Christopher Wray was a terrible pick to be head of the FBI. Shouldn’t Trump be criticized for his choice of Wray.


13 posted on 01/20/2022 11:35:40 PM PST by pleasenotcalifornia
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To: SeekAndFind
Politicians who don't stand with Pelosi gets a visit from her FBI thugs....


14 posted on 01/20/2022 11:42:08 PM PST by caww ( )
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To: SeekAndFind

Is there a movement to defund the FBI? That could be a very real campaign winner for either side of the isle. It could be called the Richard Jewell Initiative.


15 posted on 01/20/2022 11:58:58 PM PST by Liberty Valance (Keep a Simple Manner for a Happy Life :o)
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“Congressman made critical remarks about how Democrat Joe Biden and the Democrat administration......”
So, the Dimjo Administration sicked their STASI on him.

Welcome to the dis-United States of 1984..er.. 2022

16 posted on 01/21/2022 12:10:28 AM PST by Tupelo
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To: SeekAndFind

IMO, the FBI has always been a bunch of gangsters who used gangster tactics to target gangsters. They’ve morphed, though. Now they’re just politically-weaponized enforcers of far-leftist goals of the Democrat Party, it’s upper echelons to be precise.


17 posted on 01/21/2022 12:12:36 AM PST by Gaffer
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To: pleasenotcalifornia

I don’t know if I would criticize him for picking Wray as he was naive about the level of corruption in Washington, but he sure as hell should be criticized for not firing Wray after that Roger Stone clown show arrest where Wray alerted CNN and brought an army with him to arrest Stone in the middle of the night in his underwear, clearly a highly partisan attempt to harm Trump.

Trumps biggest mistake was underestimating just how far and wide the deep state went. It’s pretty much EVERYONE who is corrupt and that’s why they got away with the 2020 election theft and why his two attorney generals Sessions and Barr did absolutely nothing. Think about it: We had an attempted coup against a sitting President and they did NOTHING


18 posted on 01/21/2022 12:20:03 AM PST by GrandJediMasterYoda (As long as Hillary Clinton remains free, the USA will never have equal justice under the law)
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To: caww

They’re nothing but the SA now for the Democrap party. I don’t know how these guys don’t resign in protest. The hiring standards must be in the toilet.


19 posted on 01/21/2022 12:22:14 AM PST by GrandJediMasterYoda (As long as Hillary Clinton remains free, the USA will never have equal justice under the law)
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To: Gaffer
I assume for the purposes of this discussion that the FBI is acting as lawlessly against Congressman Cuellar as they did against President Trump, General Flynn and other innocent victims of the Russia hoax.

More evidence that the ravening pack is eating its own as predicted but somehow when Democrats apply police state tactics ruthlessly against their own it is more frightening than when they do it to us.

Granted, there is no honor among thieves but this means that there is no restraint at all when it comes to preserving and enhancing their political power. If they will not stay their hand when it comes to their own, there is nothing they will not do to us. There is nothing they will not do for self-preservation and nothing they will not do for ideology. No constraint of conscience or decency will give them pause.

It means as you say, we have entered a new phase.


20 posted on 01/21/2022 12:40:55 AM PST by nathanbedford (Attack, repeat, attack! - Bull Halsey)
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