Texas Rep. Henry Cuellar’s (D) chief of staff reportedly resigned on Monday, days after the Department of Justice (DOJ) indicted Cuellar and his wife on charges of accepting bribes.
Several sources confirmed that Jacob Hochberg, Cuellar’s chief of staff had resigned from his position, Mica Soellner, a congressional reporter with Punchbowl News reported.
“Hochberg called staff about an hour ago to let them know,” Haley Talbot, a reporter with CNN, wrote in a post on X.
News: Rep. Henry Cuellar’s chief of staff has resigned, per a Dem source with knowledge
— Mica Soellner (@MicaSoellnerDC) May 6, 2024
The DOJ’s indictments came two years after agents from the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) served Cuellar and his wife with a search warrant for their home in Laredo, Texas.
Cuellar and his wife were charged with accepting roughly $600,000 in bribes from…
