The Federal Bureau of Investigation last week reportedly executed a search warrant on Rep. Andy Ogles (R-TN), a Republican hardliner who has faced scrutiny for months about major discrepancies in his financial disclosures.
News Channel 5 Nashville reports that the search in question "may have been limited to Ogles’ electronic devices," although the report notes that "details of exactly what areas were authorized to be searched remain murky."
At issue is a false claim that Ogles made in a financial disclosure form in which he said he personally lent his campaign $320,000, despite the fact that his finances do not show he had sufficient assets to make such a loan possible.
The Campaign Legal Center (CLC) earlier this year filed a complaint against Ogles raised serious questions about the origins of the loan.
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"While it is possible that Rep. Ogles has a non-interest-bearing bank account, it would be highly unlikely that such an account would contain such a substantial amount of money like the $320,000 he loaned to his campaign," the complaint stated.
As News Channel 5 Nashville notes, Ogles filed amended paperwork this past May in which he acknowledged that he did not loan his campaign $320,000.
"Other amendments to his campaign financial reports resulted in Ogles retracting claims regarding thousands of dollars in campaign contributions and expenditures that he had previously reported to the Federal Election Commission," News Channel 5 Nashville adds.
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