Almost 10 months after NewsChannel 5 first raised questions about Andy Ogles' personal finances, the Republican congressman has amended his personal financial disclosures.

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.

  • pelespirit@sh.itjust.worksOPMEnglish
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    2 months ago

    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?

    • nkat2112@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
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      2 months ago

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      • pelespirit@sh.itjust.worksOPMEnglish
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        2 months ago

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        • nkat2112@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
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          2 months ago

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