Jessica Cisneros saw a fundraising boost after an FBI raid on U.S. Rep. Henry Cuellar's home

[TexasTowelie]

by Abby Livingston, Texas Tribune


Democratic congressional candidate Jessica Cisneros benefited from a surge in fundraising in the aftermath of an FBI raid on the Laredo home and office of her primary opponent, U.S. Rep. Henry Cuellar.

In the first three months of the year, Cisneros raised nearly three times more than Cuellar. Most of that fundraising took place after the Jan. 19 raid. The raid also sent the Democratic primary race in the 28th Congressional District into a completely different trajectory compared to the year before: Cuellar’s fundraising slumped while Cisneros’ exploded.

Cuellar fell 660 votes short of avoiding a runoff during the March primary elections. He and Cisneros will face off in a May 24 runoff.

“The raid hasn’t hurt Cuellar as much as I would have thought, but it surely cost him support he might have otherwise had,” said Matt Angle, a longtime Texas Democratic strategist. “Cuellar spent weeks after the raid twisting in the wind over speculation that he would be indicted. My guess is some people with cold feet held out on him.”

Read more: https://www.texastribune.org/2022/04/28/jessica-cisneros-henry-cuellar-fundraising/

[LetMyPeopleVote]

1. Rep. Henry Cuellar 'not a target' of FBI agents who searched his home, attorney says

This is nice to see. This should help in the upcoming primary

Link to tweet

https://www.houstonchronicle.com/politics/texas/article/Henry-Cuellar-FBI-Investigation-17079034.php?utm_source=twitter.com&utm_campaign=socialflow&utm_medium=referral

— An attorney for U.S. Rep. Henry Cuellar, a Laredo Democrat whose home and campaign office were searched by the FBI earlier this year, says the Department of Justice told him that the congressman is not a target in the federal investigation.

“Over the last several weeks, the Justice Department, in a conversation I had with the prosecutor, let me know that Congressman Cuellar is not a target of this investigation,” Joshua Berman, Cuellar’s attorney, told Fox News.

Berman confirmed the same to Hearst Newspapers in a text message on Wednesday, saying: “DOJ informed me that Congressman Cuellar is not a target of the investigation.”....

“There is an ongoing investigation that will show there was no wrongdoing on my part,” Cuellar said in a video tweeted by his campaign. “I am fully cooperating with law enforcement and committed to ensuring that justice and the law is upheld.”