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At the time, federal investigators had been conducting a criminal investigation into illegal political contributions to Mr Fortenberry's 2016 re-election campaign, as well as other federal candidates' campaigns, according to the indictment. Investigators questioned lawmakers as to whether they were aware of the illegal contributions.