Henry Cuellar aide’s pay shot up after his role in the alleged bribery scheme, records show

This story first appeared in NOTUS, a publication from the nonprofit, nonpartisan Allbritton Journalism Institute. A top aide to Rep. Henry Cuellar saw a hefty salary boost after he began acting as a middleman for alleged Mexican bribes, a review of campaign finance and congressional spending records show. Colin Strother — a longtime Texas political consultant and a close confidant of the Texas Democrat — was paid more than $25,000 out of Cuellar’s taxpayer-funded congressional expense budget in 2016 and 2017, spending records show.