Former Representative Lee Terry (R-NE2) is trying to excuse Rep. Jeff Fortenberry accepting foreign campaign contributions.

Former Rep. Lee Terry speaks about Fortenberrry indictment (Omaha World-Herald)

LINCOLN — Former Rep. Lee Terry spoke empathetically Thursday about former colleague Jeff Fortenberry and the federal indictment he faces, saying that when running for Congress, “there’s just a lot of people who send you money.”

“You gotta know your customer a little bit,” he told The World-Herald. “In my position, and probably in Jeff’s situation, you got to know these people … they tell you they’re citizens, and then all of a sudden they’re not.”

“We can do everything we think is right, and then one little thing can screw it all up,” he added.

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That kind of sums up the conservative attitude about campaign donors.