Congressman Andy Ogles (R) admits his claims to have loaned $320,000 to his campaign were not true
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WTVF) Tennessee Congressman Andy Ogles filed 11 amendments to his campaign finance reports Wednesday, acknowledging that his claims for the last two years to have loaned $320,000 to his campaign were not true.
This comes less than six months after an exclusive NewsChannel 5 investigation that questioned whether the Maury County Republican's campaign reports were accurate. Despite having reported making the $320,000 personal loan, Ogles' personal financial disclosures did not show any substantial investments not even a savings account.
On the 11 amendments filed Wednesday with the Federal Election Commission, revising reports dating back to April 2022, Ogles says that he actually loaned his campaign $20,000, instead of the $320,000 that he had previously claimed.
In January, a non-partisan watchdog group, the Campaign Legal Center (CLC), filed a complaint with the Office of Congressional Ethics (OCE), citing NewsChannel 5's reporting and comparing Ogles' conduct to disgraced New York Congressman George Santos.
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