10mo ago

Congressman Andy Ogles amends financial disclosures following questions by NewsChannel 5

www.newschannel5.com

All of this follows a NewsChannel 5 investigation in November 2023 that raised questions about Ogles' claims to have personally loaned $320,000 to his campaign in 2022 during his first run for the 5th District congressional seat. Ogles' personal financial disclosures did not reflect the ability to loan his campaign such a large amount.

This past May, Ogles amended his campaign financial reports, admitting that he had only loaned the campaign $20,000.

In August, following another report by NewsChannel 5 Investigates, Ogles acknowledged that FBI agents had executed a search warrant to seize his personal cell phone as part of some unspecified investigation.

5 comments

Republican who listed a claim of a $320k loan to his campaign...
This past May, Ogles amended his campaign financial reports, admitting that he had only loaned the campaign $20,000.
Actually only loaned $20k to his campaign.
It would seem he was off by $300k.
Both, impressive and convenient use of arithmetic there. Wow.
- If you follow the links, it gets even more strange:
  Execution of the search warrant came immediately after Ogles defeated Courtney Johnston in the Republican primary as he seeks a second term in the U.S. Congress. Department of Justice guidelines generally prohibit law enforcement from taking any overt actions in investigations of a political candidate in the 60 days before an election.
  The real question is, who gave him that missing $300k?
  
  Excellent point! I hope we learn more about this. Thank you for posting this article!
  In fact, I appreciate the meaningful articles that you post on Lemmy - thanks for doing that!