Another one bites the dust

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Rep. Jerry Weller, a Republican congressman from Illinois who is married to Guatemalan legislator Zury Rios-Montt de Weller, announced Friday that he would retire. Weller, a Latin America expert, has been hounded by questions about his real estate transactions in Nicaragua and is among a dozen lawmakers recently subpoenaed in a bribery trial involving an associate of former Rep. Randy ‘Duke’ Cunningham, who is now in jail. Weller said he wanted to spend more time with his family. His wife is the daughter of former Guatemalan dictator Efrain Rios Montt. Weller is the 10th lawmaker and eighth Republican to announce plans to retire after the 110th Congress.

Posted by Nicole Gaouette in Washington