- Andy Ogles repeatedly filed inaccurate or incomplete financial disclosures, omitting significant assets, loans, and salary information across both state and federal forms, including failing to disclose a $700,000 line of credit and undervaluing an investment property (NewsChannel 5, Tennessean).
- Ogles admitted to falsely claiming a $320,000 personal loan to his 2022 campaign, later amending reports to reflect only a $20,000 loan, and was fined $5,750 by the Federal Election Commission for multiple reporting violations (NewsChannel 5).
- The Campaign Legal Center filed ethics complaints against Ogles, alleging nearly $1 million in discrepancies between House disclosures and campaign finance reports, with comparisons drawn to former Congressman George Santos's conduct (Chattanooga Times Free Press, NewsChannel 5).
- In August 2024, FBI agents executed a search warrant on Ogles, seizing his cell phone as part of a federal investigation into alleged fraudulent campaign finance filings—a move watchdogs said indicates strong evidence (NewsChannel 5, Knoxville News-Sentinel).
- Ogles attributed financial disclosure errors to "honest mistakes" and hired outside consultants to amend and fix filings, but ongoing investigations and multiple amended reports have fueled doubts about his transparency and compliance (Oak Ridger, Nashville Banner).
Ogles' 2022 Assets Disclosure Listed Only Property And Retirement Accounts According to NewsChannel 5, "the only assets listed on Ogles' personal financial disclosures, which are required by law for U.S. House members, were an investment property, as well as three retirement accounts held by the congressman and his wife. Missing from Ogles' report is any reference to any bank accounts or other assets of more than a thousand dollars, which must be disclosed." [NewsChannel 5, 11/29/23]
Ogles' 2022 Liabilities Disclosure Reported A Home Mortgage And A Line Of Credit According to NewsChannel 5, "Ogles' personal financial disclosures show personal loans that include a home mortgage from Interfirst and a line of credit from Bancorp South. (The name of the bank was misspelled on Ogles' disclosure.) Property records show that line of credit was dropped in February 2022." [NewsChannel 5, 11/29/23]
2022: Ogles Did Not Disclose $700,000 FirstBank Line Of Credit With In-Laws On The Note According to NewsChannel 5, "NewsChannel 5 Investigates discovered documents showing a $700,000 line of credit taken out last year from FirstBank that listed his in-laws on the note. Ogles did not disclose that loan on his personal financial disclosure filed with the U.S. House." [NewsChannel 5, 11/29/23]
Andy Ogles Admitted Not Actually Loaning His 2022 Campaign Over $300,000 According to Nashville Banner, "Ogles earlier admitted he had not actually loaned his 2022 campaign that much money." [Nashville Banner, 9/16/24]
2024: Andy Ogles Acknowledged Inaccurate Financial Disclosures In Campaign Filing According to Nashville Banner, "So far this year, he has acknowledged claiming to have $300,000 in 2022 campaign funds that were never in a campaign account and failing to disclose hundreds of thousands of dollars in personal assets on required disclosures." [Nashville Banner, 11/5/24]
NewsChannel 5 Reported Ogles' Personal Financial Disclosures Did Not Show Substantial Investments According to NewsChannel 5, "Despite having reported making the $320,000 personal loan, Ogles' personal financial disclosures did not show any substantial investments — not even a savings account." [NewsChannel 5, 5/23/24]
2021-2023: Andy Ogles Omitted Line Of Credit From Mayoral Financial Disclosures According to Tennessean, "Twice on personal financial interest forms filed with the state, Ogles did not disclose a line of credit with Bankcorp South taken out in February 2020. Ogles reported a line of credit valued between $250,000 and $500,000 initiated in 2020 on his 2023 Congressional disclosure but the line of credit does not appear on any of his mayoral disclosures from 2021 onward." [Tennessean, 7/17/24]
Andy Ogles Omitted State Retirement Account From Mayoral Disclosures According to Tennessean, "Ogles also reported a state TCRS retirement account to Congress in 2023. That retirement account never appeared in any of his five mayoral disclosures." [Tennessean, 7/17/24]
Andy Ogles Omitted Mayoral Salary From State Financial Disclosures According to Tennessean, "Ogles also never reported his $112,000 annual salary as mayor on his personal financial disclosures to the state." [Tennessean, 7/17/24]
2022: Andy Ogles Underreported Value Of Investment Property To Congress According to Tennessean, "In his 2022 Congressional financial disclosure, Ogles significantly undervalued an investment property he had purchased, according to Maury County property records." [Tennessean, 7/17/24]
2020-2022: Andy Ogles Omitted Line Of Credit On State Disclosures According to Columbia Daily Herald (Tennessee), "Twice on personal financial interest forms filed with the state, Ogles did not disclose a line of credit with Bankcorp South taken out in February 2020. Ogles reported a line of credit valued between $250,000 and $500,000 initiated in 2020 on his 2023 Congressional disclosure but the line of credit does not appear on any of his mayoral disclosures from 2021 onward." [Columbia Daily Herald (Tennessee), 7/17/24]
2020-2022: Andy Ogles Did Not Disclose State Retirement Account On Mayoral Forms According to Columbia Daily Herald (Tennessee), "Ogles also reported a state TCRS retirement account to Congress in 2023. That retirement account never appeared in any of his five mayoral disclosures." [Columbia Daily Herald (Tennessee), 7/17/24]
2024: Johnston Accused Ogles Of Dishonesty In Financial Disclosures According to Columbia Daily Herald, "Johnston criticized Ogles' chronic inconsistencies on financial disclosures, after The Tennessean reported the freshman congressman omitted several significant financial interests, including his own salary, a line of credit, and state retirement account from disclosures submitted to the State of Tennessee as mayor." [Columbia Daily Herald, 7/21/24]
2024: Johnston Criticized Ogles For Inconsistencies On Financial Disclosures According to Knoxville News-Sentinel, "Johnston criticized Ogles' chronic inconsistencies on financial disclosures, after The Tennessean reported the freshman congressman omitted several significant financial interests, including his own salary, a line of credit, and state retirement account from disclosures submitted to the State of Tennessee as mayor." [Knoxville News-Sentinel, 7/21/24]
2024: Johnston Criticized Ogles' Financial Disclosure Inconsistencies According to The Leaf-Chronicle, "Johnston criticized Ogles' chronic inconsistencies on financial disclosures, after The Tennessean reported the freshman congressman omitted several significant financial interests, including his own salary, a line of credit, and state retirement account from disclosures submitted to the State of Tennessee as mayor." [Leaf-Chronicle, 7/22/24]
Ogles Faced Criticism Over Financial Disclosure Inconsistencies According to The Jackson Sun, "Johnston criticized Ogles' chronic inconsistencies on financial disclosures, after The Tennessean reported the freshman congressman omitted several significant financial interests, including his own salary, a line of credit, and state retirement account from disclosures submitted to the State of Tennessee as mayor." [Jackson Sun, 7/22/24]
2022: Ogles' Personal Finance Disclosure Did Not Reflect Loans Or Accounts Matching Loan Amount According to Knoxville News-Sentinel, "Ogles' personal finance disclosures do not reflect a savings or checking account under Ogles' control with the amount he said he made available to his campaign. But his disclosure does include a mortgage loan initiated in January 2022 in the corresponding amount range." [Knoxville News-Sentinel, 8/8/24]
Andy Ogles Faced Ongoing Scrutiny Over Campaign Finance Filings and Personal Disclosures According to The Oak Ridger, "The congressman faces ongoing scrutiny over his federal campaign finance filings, and personal finance disclosures." [Oak Ridger, 8/9/24]
2024: Watchdog Group Alleged Ogles Had Nearly $1 Million In Finance Discrepancies According to Chattanooga Times Free Press, "The nonpartisan watchdog group alleged that Ogles had nearly $1 million in finance discrepancies between his House disclosure form and campaign finance reports." [Chattanooga Times Free Press (Tennessee), 11/4/24]
Danielle Caputo (CLC) Stated There Was No Clear Reason For Ogles' Non-Disclosure Of $700,000 Line Of Credit According to NewsChannel 5, "'So this seems to be a pretty big question mark as to why it was not included in his financial disclosure report because it doesn't seem to be any reason why it was not,' Caputo said." [NewsChannel 5, 11/29/23]
Andy Ogles Characterized Federal Probe As Political In Statement To The News According to Nashville Banner, "Ogles told The News that the investigation 'seems political.'" [Nashville Banner, 9/16/24]
Andy Ogles Claimed Financial Disclosure Errors Were Honest Mistakes In 2024 Statement According to Nashville Banner, "'I am confident all involved will conclude that the reporting discrepancies were based on honest mistakes, and nothing more,' Ogles said in a statement after his phone was seized." [Nashville Banner, 9/16/24]
May 2024: Andy Ogles Amended Campaign Reports To State He Loaned $20,000 Instead Of $320,000 According to NewsChannel 5, "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." [NewsChannel 5, 5/23/24]
2023: Ogles Falsely Reported $320,000 Personal Loan To FEC, Later Amended As 'Pledge' According to The Daily News Journal, "He filed amendments last month after admitting he falsely reported a personal loan of $320,000 to the Federal Election Commission last year, calling it instead a 'pledge' to self fund." [Daily News Journal, 6/6/24]
Ogles Admitted To Falsely Reporting $320,000 Personal Loan, Citing It As A 'Pledge' According to The Jackson Sun, "He filed amendments last month after admitting he falsely reported a personal loan of $320,000 to the Federal Election Commission last year, calling it instead a 'pledge' to self fund." [Jackson Sun, 6/7/24]
2024: Ogles Filed Amendments To Campaign Finance Disclosures According to Columbia Daily Herald, "Ogles filed more amendments to his latest campaign finance filings, submitted to the Federal Election Commission at midnight Monday, less than 48 hours after filing." [Columbia Daily Herald, 7/21/24]
July 2024: Ogles Filed Additional Amendments To Campaign Finance Reports According to Knoxville News-Sentinel, "Ogles filed more amendments to his latest campaign finance filings, submitted to the Federal Election Commission at midnight Monday, less than 48 hours after filing." [Knoxville News-Sentinel, 7/21/24]
July 2024: Ogles Filed Multiple Amendments to Campaign Finance Filings According to The Leaf-Chronicle, "Ogles filed more amendments to his latest campaign finance filings, submitted to the Federal Election Commission at midnight Monday, less than 48 hours after filing." [Leaf-Chronicle, 7/22/24]
2024: Ogles Amended Campaign Finance Filings Shortly After Filing According to The Jackson Sun, "Ogles filed more amendments to his latest campaign finance filings, submitted to the Federal Election Commission at midnight Monday, less than 48 hours after filing." [Jackson Sun, 7/22/24]
2023: Ogles Amended Campaign Finance Report To Show Lower Contributions According to Chattanooga Times Free Press, "Ogles, a Columbia resident, also filed an amended federal campaign finance report showing he brought in much less than he initially claimed in 2023." [Chattanooga Times Free Press, 7/31/24]
2024: Ogles Expressed Belief In Innocence Regarding FEC Reporting Discrepancies According to Knoxville News-Sentinel, "I am confident all involved will conclude that the reporting discrepancies were based on honest mistakes, and nothing more," he wrote. [Knoxville News-Sentinel, 8/8/24]
Andy Ogles Admitted Campaign Made Errors In Initial Financial Filings According to The Oak Ridger, "'It has been widely reported for months that my campaign made mistakes in our initial financial filings,' Ogles said in the post made to X, formerly known as Twitter. 'We have worked diligently with attorneys and reporting experts to correct the errors and ensure compliance going forward.'" [Oak Ridger, 8/9/24]
Andy Ogles Hired Outside Consultant To Fix Campaign Finance Errors According to The Oak Ridger, "Ogles has said publicly that he hired an outside campaign finance compliance consultant to go back 'with a fine-toothed comb' and fix mistakes reported to the FEC." [Oak Ridger, 8/9/24]
2024: Ogles Amended Campaign Finance Reports Regarding Loans According to Chattanooga Times Free Press, "In May 2024, he amended campaign finance reports for the prior two years, stating that he had only loaned $20,000 to his campaign." [Chattanooga Times Free Press, 9/21/24]
2024: Ogles Was Accused Of Failing To Disclose $700,000 Line Of Credit According to NewsChannel 5, "The Campaign Legal Center also urges the Office of Congressional Ethics to investigate Ogles' failure to disclose a $700,000 line of credit with FirstBank that was discovered by NewsChannel 5 Investigates." [NewsChannel 5, 1/9/24]
2022: Ogles Failed To Disclose Six-Figure Loan On Financial Forms According to Chattanooga Times Free Press, "On his 2023 U.S. House financial disclosure form, filed on Sept. 13, Ogles listed for the first time a loan worth between $500,001 to $1 million from FirstBank in September of 2022. The one-term congressman failed to disclose this on previous forms." [Chattanooga Times Free Press, 9/21/24]
Campaign Legal Center Alleged Nearly $1 Million In Ogles Financial Discrepancies According to Chattanooga Times Free Press, "The missing loan was part of a complaint by the Campaign Legal Center, a nonpartisan watchdog organization, which alleged that Ogles had nearly $1 million in financial discrepancies between his House disclosure form and campaign finance reports." [Chattanooga Times Free Press, 9/21/24]
2023: Andy Ogles Paid Civil Penalty To FEC For 2022 Campaign Violations According to Nashville Banner, "The representative paid a civil penalty to the Federal Election Commission last year after regulators identified several violations from his 2022 campaign." [Nashville Banner, 9/16/24]
November 2023: NewsChannel 5 Highlighted Ogless Failure To Disclose Major Loan According to Chattanooga Times Free Press, "The one-term congressman failed to disclose this on previous forms, a fact noted by Nashville NewsChannel 5 in November, when it first reported on the loan." [Chattanooga Times Free Press, 9/21/24]
CLC Cited Pattern Of Inaccurate Information In Ogles' Public Record According to NewsChannel 5, "Although Rep. Ogles’ statements about his background and the prior FEC complaints against him are not the subject of this complaint, these matters demonstrate a pattern of inaccurate information on the public record supporting an investigation of his substantial financial disclosure discrepancies, the CLC complaint concludes." [NewsChannel 5, 1/9/24]
2022-2024: Campaign Legal Center Alleged Ogles Had Nearly $1 Million In Financial Discrepancies According to Chattanooga Times Free Press, "The missing loan was part of a complaint by the Campaign Legal Center, a nonpartisan watchdog organization, which alleged that Ogles had nearly $1 million in financial discrepancies between his House disclosure form and campaign finance reports." [Chattanooga Times Free Press, 9/21/24]
Ogles Faced Complaint From Campaign Legal Center Over $1 Million In Financial Discrepancies According to Chattanooga Times Free Press, "The missing loan was part of a complaint by the Campaign Legal Center, a nonpartisan watchdog organization, which alleged that Ogles had nearly $1 million in financial discrepancies between his House disclosure form and campaign finance reports." [Chattanooga Times Free Press, 9/21/24]
2023: Letter Writer Dick Barlow Questioned Andy Ogles Over GoFundMe Funds According to a letter to the editor published in The Tennessean, "What really seems to be disgusting lows right now is you still have not said where the 23 grand (donated by caring people to a GoFundMe campaign set up in 2014) has disappeared to. This will surely place a black mark on GoFundMe accounts as who might not want to donate anymore not knowing where the actual money went to. [...] Where is the money now?" [Letter to the Editor - The Tennessean, 3/26/23]
2023: Letter Writer Dick Barlow Referenced Allegations Andy Ogles Misled About Accomplishments According to a letter to the editor published in The Tennessean, "This whole article leaves many questions as to where the money is and, with your records of misleading people as to your accomplishments, seems to justify the total question." [Letter to the Editor - The Tennessean, 3/26/23]
Campaign Legal Center Compared Ogles' Conduct To George Santos Regarding Financial Disclosure According to NewsChannel 5, the CLC complaint said, "The expulsion of Representative George Santos for filing false financial disclosure statements and other ethics violations demonstrates why investigations of significant discrepancies in a candidate’s financial reporting are warranted." [NewsChannel 5, 5/23/24]
2024: Watchdog Group Compared Ogles To George Santos Over Discrepancies In Disclosures According to NewsChannel 5, "January 9, 2024: A nonpartisan watchdog group has asked a federal ethics agency to investigate Tennessee Congressman Andy Ogles over $1 million of discrepancies in financial disclosures he was required to file with the U.S. House. The Campaign Legal Center (CLC) repeatedly cites NewsChannel 5's reporting in the complaint that was filed Tuesday with the Office of Congressional Ethics (OCE), comparing Ogles' conduct to disgraced New York Congressman George Santos." [NewsChannel 5, 4/23/25]
2023: NewsChannel5 Reported Ogles Exaggerated Or Embellished Professional And Personal Background According to Nashville Post (Tennessee), "Many of the professional and personal details shared by Ogles during his campaign were reported by NewsChannel5's Phil Williams to be exaggerations and embellishments soon after he was sworn in as a congressman, prompting comparisons between Ogles and now-ousted GOP Rep. George Santos." [Nashville Post (Tennessee), 12/8/23]
2024: Andy Ogles Faced A Federal Investigation Into His Finances According to Nashville Banner, "Abolfazli was not shy about calling attention to the ongoing federal investigation into the incumbent’s finances. (Ogles himself was shy, as both he and his aides did not respond to multiple interview requests over the course of months.)" [Nashville Banner, 11/5/24]
August 2024: FBI Agents Executed Search Warrant On Andy Ogles According to NewsChannel 5, "FBI agents executed a search warrant late last week on Tennessee Congressman Andy Ogles as the first-term Republican faces continuing scrutiny over fraudulent campaign financial reports that he filed." [NewsChannel 5, 8/6/24]
August 2024: Andy Ogles Confirmed FBI Seized His Cell Phone According to NewsChannel 5, "Following NewsChannel 5's revelation, Ogles posted a statement on social media admitting that his cell phone had been seized by the FBI. [...] 'Last Friday, the FBI took possession of my cell phone. It is my understanding that they are investigating the same well-known facts surrounding these filings.'" [NewsChannel 5, 8/6/24]
2024: Campaign Legal Center Said FBI Action On Ogles Suggests 'Evidence Must Be Strong' According to Knoxville News-Sentinel, 'With a move this quickly, the evidence must be strong, especially to move in an election year,' he said. 'It looks like what we complained about is the tip of the iceberg of what may be going on. It looks very serous.' [Knoxville News-Sentinel, 8/8/24]
August 2024: FBI Confiscated Andy Ogles' Phone During Campaign Finance Investigation According to The Oak Ridger, "The FBI on Friday took possession of U.S. Rep. Andy Ogles' cell phone as part of an investigation he believed concerned his campaign finance filings, the freshman congressman said in a social media post Tuesday afternoon." [Oak Ridger, 8/9/24]
August 2024: Andy Ogles Said He Would Cooperate With FBI and FEC Investigation According to The Oak Ridger, "In his social media post on Tuesday, Ogles said he would cooperate with the FBI and the FEC." [Oak Ridger, 8/9/24]
Andy Ogles Was Fined $5,750 By FEC For Campaign Reporting Violations According to NewsChannel 5, "The Tennessee Republican has also been fined $5,750 by the Federal Election Commission for multiple reporting violations associated with his campaign account." [NewsChannel 5, 1/9/24]
May 2024: Andy Ogles Admitted His Claims Of Loaning $320,000 To His Campaign Were Not True According to NewsChannel 5, "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." [NewsChannel 5, 5/23/24]
January 2024: Campaign Legal Center Filed Ethics Complaint Against Ogles Citing Financial Discrepancies According to NewsChannel 5, "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." [NewsChannel 5, 5/23/24]
2024: Ogles Faced Ethics Complaint Regarding Financial Disclosure Discrepancies According to Knoxville News-Sentinel, "Ogles is also currently facing an ethics complaint filed by the Campaign Legal Center in January requesting an investigation into discrepancies in the congressman's financial disclosures, including the personal loan of $320,000." [Knoxville News-Sentinel, 8/8/24]
Andy Ogles Was Required to Pay Civil Penalties For Campaign Finance Violations After 2022 Cycle According to The Oak Ridger, "He was required to pay $5,750 in civil penalties for campaign finance violations after the 2022 cycle, the Nashville Scene first reported." [Oak Ridger, 8/9/24]
Andy Ogles Faced Ethics Complaint Over Financial Disclosure Discrepancies in January 2024 According to The Oak Ridger, "Ogles is also currently facing an ethics complaint filed by the Campaign Legal Center in January requesting an investigation into discrepancies in the congressman's financial disclosures, including the personal loan of $320,000." [Oak Ridger, 8/9/24]
2024: Ogles Spent $50K On Legal Defense After FBI Seizure According to The Oak Ridger, "Ogles paid a $25,000 retainer for legal consulting to Secil Law PLLC in Falls Church, Virginia - a firm that specializes in white collar criminal defense and compliance, among other specialties. Funds were paid on Aug. 6, days after the FBI took his phone, according to Ogles' latest campaign spending disclosures. On the same day, Ogles spent another $25,000 for consulting from the E & W Law Group in Washington, D.C., attorneys that specialize in investigations, compliance and criminal defense." [Oak Ridger, 10/21/24]
2024: Nashville Post Reported Ogles Amended Filings and Was Under Investigation According to Nashville Post, "Ogles has amended his filings several times during this election cycle and is under investigation related to his campaign finances." [Nashville Post, 11/1/24]
2024: Andy Ogles Failed To Disclose Six-Figure Loan, Triggering Watchdog Complaint According to Chattanooga Times Free Press, "In September, Ogles acknowledged a six-figure loan to his campaign from FirstBank after failing to disclose it on previous forms, which led to a complaint by the Campaign Legal Center. The nonpartisan watchdog group alleged that Ogles had nearly $1 million in finance discrepancies between his House disclosure form and campaign finance reports." [Chattanooga Times Free Press, 11/4/24]