BREAKING: Another Top Democrat Indicted On Foreign Bribery Charges

Hey ladies and gentlemen this is Carmine Sabia for Explain America with breaking news

The Department of Justice has indicted a top Democrat official. Before we get started please

make sure you like, comment, share and subscribe. Those little things really help us out and they

help our channel continue to grow. On Friday it was announced that the Department of Justice has

indicted yet another Democrat for taking foreign bribes. Now as you remember Senator Bob Menendez

of New Jersey a Democrat was also indicted for taking foreign bribes but this time it's a little

different. This time it's Representative Henry Quaylar of Texas. Now Quaylar is a long-serving

Democrat representative but what's interesting about this case he's probably the most outspoken

Democrat in regards to Biden's failures at the southern border. In fact he's been heard on Fox

News many times. When Democrats won't go on Fox News he's a frequent guest on Fox News often

talking about how Biden has failed at the border, how the border needs to be secured and how

immigration is a massive issue. Now I'm not suggesting that any of that played a role

in the fact that the Biden administration indicted him but it is rather curious that it comes right

before an election and you know if they can get rid of a thorn in their side you know it probably

would bode well for the president who does not want to campaign on the border, doesn't really

want the border talked about, doesn't want the border to be an issue. This guy continues to make

the border an issue. I want you to watch this report on the indictment and make up your own

mind about what you think happened here. Again please remember to like, comment, share and subscribe

I'm Carmine Sabia for Explain America. We love you guys. God bless you. Take care everybody

And campaign office were raided by the FBI in 2022. Let's get straight to Melanie Zanona on

Capitol Hill. Mel, we've seen a statement from the congressman I believe. I don't know that we've seen

the actual indictment yet. What do we know about these charges? Well the nature of the charges are

still unclear at this moment. It has not been made public but what we do know is that both the

congressman and his wife are expected to be indicted by the DOJ later today and the congressman

is expected to appear in court in Texas later this afternoon. This development was first reported by

NBC and confirmed by my colleague Haley Talbot. Now we also know that the FBI did raid his home

as you mentioned and his campaign office back in January of 2022. Again unclear if that raid is

related to the indictment today but Cuellar says he is innocent. Let me just read you quickly part

of his statement. He said, I want to be clear that both my wife and I are innocent of these

allegations. Everything I've done in Congress has been to serve the people of South Texas. The

actions I took in Congress were consistent with the actions of many of my colleagues and in the

interest of the American people. Now he goes on to say that he proactively sought advice from the

House Ethics Committee here on Capitol Hill as well as the national law firm and he also said

that he tried to seek out federal prosecutors to try to explain quote the facts and his side

of the story but he said they were not interested in discussing the case. Now it's unclear what this

will mean for Cuellar politically. He is a moderate democrat. He represents a very important and key

district along the southern border and he has represented that seat for nearly 20 years but

he maintains that he will continue to run and that he insists that he will win in November. Phil

All right nothing like breaking news on a Friday on Capitol Hill when both chambers are out of

session. Mel we appreciate you scrambling. Keep us posted as more we learn more. Brianna back over to you

All right Phil so back now to the latest on former President Trump's criminal trial in New York. Our

panel is back with us here and something very interesting Adi that you were bringing up in

the break which is about Hope Hicks's legal representation. Right which is that it's not

paid for by Trump or necessarily a super PAC or anything like that and I think that that has

always been kind of a little bit of a question for me with witnesses. People are also describing

their relationship as being a lot cooler than it was and the notes from our courtroom