- Ogles repeatedly filed inaccurate and late campaign finance reports, with every FEC disclosure since 2022 requiring corrections and drawing scrutiny from both regulators and watchdog groups (Tennessean, Columbia Daily Herald).
- Ogles falsely reported a $320,000 personal loan to his campaign, later admitting it was only a "pledge" and amending disclosures to reflect an actual loan of $20,000, raising concerns of intentional misrepresentation (NewsChannel 5, Tennessean).
- Federal investigations and congressional ethics probes found "substantial reason to believe" Ogles and his campaign omitted or misrepresented required financial information, may have accepted excessive contributions, and filed misleading documentation (Axios, Chattanooga Times Free Press).
- Watchdog groups identified over $1 million in discrepancies between Ogles' campaign finance and personal disclosure reports, prompting FEC complaints and comparisons to other high-profile cases of fraud (Tennessean, Columbia Daily Herald).
- Multiple campaign finance violations resulted in federal fines, ongoing ethics complaints, and a federal probe in which the FBI seized Ogles' phone; Ogles refused to fully cooperate with these investigations (Oak Ridger, Axios).
- Alleged improper coordination between Ogles' campaign and supportive super PACs run by close associates contributed to legal questions and FEC scrutiny (Chattanooga Times Free Press, Columbia Daily Herald).
2022: Ogles Faced Criticism For Campaign Finance Reporting And Late Filings According to Tennessee Lookout, "For instance, he announced in March he raised $453,000 in the first 30 days of his campaign but then filed a late report with the Federal Election Commission showing he brought in only $264,400. He reported a loan of $320,000 to build up his numbers and spent $301,063. Ogles also was late on Williamson County property tax payments several times, according to reports, and he faces a show-cause hearing before the Tennessee Registry of Election Finance for failing to file a mayoral campaign report on time." [Tennessee Lookout, 10/4/22]
2022: Ogles Initially Claimed To Have Raised $453,000, Later Reported $254,000 According to NewsChannel 5, "Ogles had kicked off his campaign claiming he had raised $453,000 in the first 30 days. But when the report was eventually filed, he had only raised $254,000." [NewsChannel 5, 11/29/23]
Danielle Caputo (CLC) Expressed Transparency Concerns About Ogles' Reports According to NewsChannel 5, "'It definitely raises big questions as to where that money came from,' the CLC's Danielle Caputo said. 'How was he able to loan it because currently his financial disclosure reports are not showing that sort of wealth that he could easily lend that money.'" [NewsChannel 5, 11/29/23]
2022–2025: Ogles' Campaign Reports Contained Numerous Discrepancies And Unexplained Transactions According to NewsChannel 5, "In addition, the FEC complaint just filed by the Campaign Legal Center notes NewsChannel 5's recent reporting about thousands of dollars in questionable spending by Ogles' campaign with vendors who are not in the business of providing the services that Ogles claimed his campaign received. As NewsChannel 5 Investigates revealed, in some cases, there is no evidence that the companies actually exist." [NewsChannel 5, 4/23/25]
2025: NewsChannel 5 Found Ogles' Campaign Expensed Tens Of Thousands To Nonexistent Or Questionable Vendors According to NewsChannel 5, "March 24, 2025: NewsChannel 5 uncovers numerous discrepancies in Ogles' campaign expenditures. Among our findings: tens of thousands of dollars that supposedly went to companies that do not appear to be in the business of providing the services for which Ogles claimed the money was spent. In some cases, there is no evidence that the companies actually exist." [NewsChannel 5, 4/23/25]
2023: NewsChannel 5 Revealed Ogles Never Complied With Congressional Candidate Financial Disclosure Law According to NewsChannel 5, "January 26, 2023: Tennessee's newest congressman, Rep. Andy Ogles, quickly became a key player in the battle for control of the House. But a NewsChannel 5 investigation discovered the freshman Republican has never complied with a federal law required of all congressional candidates." [NewsChannel 5, 4/23/25]
2024: Ogles' Q1 2024 Campaign Finance Report Notably Changed After Amendment According to Nashville Post, "In the original report, filed in April, Ogles reported raising nearly $86,000 in the first three months of the year and spending more than $78,000, leaving him with almost $450,000 on hand. In the amended report for the same period, filed Wednesday, Ogles reported raising no money and spending just $1,321.90 in the first three months of the year, leaving him with less than $100,000 on hand." [Nashville Post, 5/24/24]
2024: Ogles Filed Additional Campaign Finance Amendments According to Tennessean, "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." [Tennessean, 7/21/24]
Ogles Filed More Amendments to 2024 Campaign Finance Filings According to Daily News Journal, "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." [Daily News Journal, 7/22/24]
Campaign Legal Center Identified Nearly $1 Million In Discrepancies In Ogles' Financial Reports According to Chattanooga Times Free Press, "It came up after the Campaign Legal Center, a nonpartisan watchdog organization, filed a complaint claiming Ogles had nearly $1 million in finance discrepancies between his House disclosure form and campaign finance reports." [Chattanooga Times Free Press, 1/4/25]
2024: Ethics Board Cited Ogles For Omitting Or Misrepresenting Financial Information According to Chattanooga Times Free Press, "The ethics board voted 6-0 to call for a closer look at Ogles' finances because 'there is substantial reason to believe that Rep. Ogles omitted or misrepresented required information in his finance disclosure statements or FEC candidate committee reports,' the board's report says." [Chattanooga Times Free Press, 1/4/25]
2024: Ogles Refused To Cooperate With Congressional Ethics Investigation According to Chattanooga Times Free Press, "Ogles refused to cooperate, declining to produce documents and participate in an interview." [Chattanooga Times Free Press, 1/4/25]
2022: Ogles Faced Federal Election Commission Complaint And Civil Penalties After 2022 Cycle According to Tennessean, "Ogles has faced scrutiny and multiple complaints over his federal campaign finance disclosures for more than two years, including a Federal Election Commission complaint alleging a 'pattern of malfeasance' in his financial dealings in 2022, and $5,750 in civil penalties for campaign finance violations after the 2022 cycle." [Tennessean, 1/4/25]
January 2025: OCE Found 'Substantial Reason' to Believe Ogles' Campaign Accepted Excessive Contributions and Misrepresented Loans According to Columbia Daily Herald, the preliminary investigative report released Thursday found 'substantial reason' to believe Ogles' campaign 'accepted excessive contributions that were reported as personal loans and contributions from the candidate,' and 'may have intentionally misrepresented the amount of money he loaned to his campaign.' [Columbia Daily Herald, 1/6/25]
2024: Ogles' Financial Disclosures Contained Over $1 Million of Discrepancies According to an opinion piece by Alex Mormorunni in Columbia Daily Herald, "The investigation revealed over $1 million of discrepancies in Ogles' congressional financial disclosures. The Campaign Legal Center - the nonpartisan watchdog group that uncovered the discrepancies that provoked the federal investigation - compared the allegations to those faced by notorious fraudster and former Congressman George Santos." [Alex Mormorunni - Columbia Daily Herald, 3/16/25]
2024: Watchdog Group and Federal Investigation Found Over $1 Million of Discrepancies in Andy Ogles' Disclosures According to an opinion piece by Alex Mormorunni in Daily News Journal, "The investigation revealed over $1 million of discrepancies in Ogles' congressional financial disclosures. The Campaign Legal Center - the nonpartisan watchdog group that uncovered the discrepancies that provoked the federal investigation - compared the allegations to those faced by notorious fraudster and former Congressman George Santos." [Alex Mormorunni - Daily News Journal, 3/16/25]
Ogles Was Late On Property Tax Payments And Faced Campaign Finance Hearing In 2022 According to Chattanooga Times Free Press, "Ogles also was late on Williamson County property tax payments several times, according to reports, and he faces a show-cause hearing before the Tennessee Registry of Election Finance for failing to file a mayoral campaign report on time. He has declined to answer questions about his late filings." [Chattanooga Times Free Press, 10/5/22]
2022: Andy Ogles' Campaign Manager Formed A PAC That Supported Ogles, Raising Legal Concerns According to Chattanooga Times Free Press, "His campaign manager at the time, Nashville auto magnate Lee Beaman, also formed Volunteers for Freedom PAC and donated $50,000 for a $24,000 ad buy backing Ogles. The move is potentially a violation of federal campaign finance law because of coordination between the super PAC and Ogles' campaign manager." [Chattanooga Times Free Press, 10/27/22]
Ogles' Campaign Cited 'Internal Miscommunication' For FEC Compliance Issues In 2023 According to Nashville Post (Tennessee), "The Ogles campaign blamed its compliance issues on 'internal miscommunication,' according to the publicly released settlement terms. In addition to the fine, Ogles' campaign has until Jan. 2 to set up a specific tracking and reporting process with the FEC and must undergo additional training with the FEC by October." [Nashville Post (Tennessee), 12/8/23]
March 2023: FEC Audit Found Over 10 Violations In Ogles' 2022 Campaign According to Nashville Post (Tennessee), "An FEC audit from March found more than 10 campaign finance violations from Ogles' 2022 campaign. The report details $90,000 in unreported receipts from October 2022 and an undisclosed $50,000 transfer between political committees." [Nashville Post (Tennessee), 12/8/23]
FEC Letters Named Ogles' Former Treasurer And Consultant In Improper Bookkeeping Findings According to Nashville Post (Tennessee), "Letters from the FEC also name former Ogles treasurer Lee Beaman and Thomas Datwyler, a Wisconsin-based compliance consultant associated with multiple instances of improper bookkeeping for Republican candidates across the country." [Nashville Post (Tennessee), 12/8/23]
2025: House Ethics Report Found Reason To Believe Ogles' 2022 Campaign Accepted Illegally Large Donations According to ProPublica, "Ogles’ 2022 campaign was the subject of a blistering House ethics report released this year. The nonpartisan Office of Congressional Ethics concluded that there is ‘substantial reason to believe’ that Ogles’ campaign had accepted illegally large donations and then falsely reported that the funds had come from Ogles himself. Ogles has said he is 'confdent that any reporting problem was at worst an honest mistake.'" [Tennessee Lookout, 3/6/25]
OCE Found Substantial Reason To Believe Ogles's Campaign Committee May Have Accepted Excessive Contributions According to Axios, "The report also found there is 'substantial reason to believe that Rep. Ogles's campaign committee may have accepted excessive contributions that were reported as personal loans and contributions from the candidate.'" [Axios, 1/2/25]
2023: Ogles Paid FEC Fine for Unrelated Campaign Finance Reporting Violations According to Nashville Post, "The Republican representative for Tennessee's 5th Congressional District has been under scrutiny for his financial reporting for months, and last year, he paid a fine to the Federal Election Commission for seemingly unrelated violations." [Nashville Post, 5/24/24]
Ogles Faced Criticism And Civil Penalties For Campaign Finance Irregularities According to Columbia Daily Herald (Tennessee), "He's also had to deal with chronic problems stemming from his campaign finance disclosures. He was required to pay $5,750 in civil penalties for campaign finance violations after the 2022 cycle, the Nashville Scene first reported." [Columbia Daily Herald (Tennessee), 7/26/24]
August 2024: Ogles Denied Coordination With Beaman's PAC Despite FEC Filing Overlaps According to Oak Ridger, "Federal law prohibits coordination on ad buys between independent PACs and the candidates they support. Ogles denied coordination with Beaman's Volunteers for Freedom PAC multiple times in 2022." [Oak Ridger, 8/13/24]
FEC Imposed $5,750 Fine On Andy Ogles' Campaign For Election Cycle 2021-2022 Violations According to Nashville Post (Tennessee), "U.S. Rep Andy Ogles has paid a $5,750 civil penalty for multiple campaign finance violations incurred during the 2021-2022 election cycle, an FEC spokesperson confirmed. The commission agreed to the fine in early October after assessing Ogles' campaign with multiple penalties for missing and late-filed reports, illegal contributions and insufficient reporting documents." [Nashville Post (Tennessee), 12/8/23]
2025: Ogles Refused To Cooperate With House Ethics Investigation Into His 2022 Campaign According to ProPublica, "The report said that Ogles refused to cooperate with the investigation. It recommended that the House Ethics Committee issue a subpoena to the congressman." [Tennessee Lookout, 3/6/25]
May 2024: Campaign Legal Center Maintained Questions After Ogles' Amended Filings According to Nashville Post, Danielle Caputo of CLC said, "All of this is just very odd, to say the least. As of right now, we have ended up with more questions than we had at the time we filed the complaint." [Nashville Post, 5/24/24]
2025: House Ethics Panel Expanded Ogles Investigation Over Campaign Finance According to an opinion piece by Alex Mormorunni in Jackson Sun, "The panel voted 6-0 to expand their investigation, as such schemes violate several campaign finance laws." [Alex Mormorunni - Jackson Sun, 3/16/25]
House Congressional Ethics Panel Voted to Expand Investigation Into Ogles' Campaign Financing According to an opinion piece by Alex Mormorunni in Tennessean, "The panel voted 6-0 to expand their investigation, as such schemes violate several campaign finance laws." [Alex Mormorunni - Tennessean, 3/22/25]
2023: Federal Election Commission Warned Andy Ogles Of Possible Audit For Campaign Finance Violations According to Chattanooga Times Free Press, "The Federal Election Commission sent a new batch of warnings to U.S. Rep. Andy Ogles that it could audit his campaign finance account or take enforcement action for a spate of alleged violations, including excessive contributions from the House Freedom Caucus's political action committee and possibly illegal corporate donations." [Chattanooga Times Free Press, 9/7/23]
FEC Alleged Ogles' Reports Contained Excessive And Potentially Illegal Donations In 2023 According to Chattanooga Times Free Press, "The letter regarding Ogles' July report notes the first-term congressman said he received $14,021 from the House Freedom Fund, which is nearly triple the contribution limit of $5,000 allowed per election. He also received a potentially illegal contribution of $2,259.24 from Synapse Financial Technology, a startup banking company based in San Fransico. Corporations aren't allowed to make direct donations to federal candidates." [Chattanooga Times Free Press, 9/7/23]
Ogles Required To Respond To FEC By October 5, 2023, To Avoid Potential Penalties According to Chattanooga Times Free Press, "Ogles is required to respond by Oct. 5, which could affect whether his account is audited or whether his campaign committee faces a penalty." [Chattanooga Times Free Press, 9/7/23]
2023: Ogles' Campaign Reported Financial Discrepancies Between Announced And Actual Fundraising According to Chattanooga Times Free Press, "The Maury County Republican announced in early 2022 he had raised $453,000 in the first 30 days of his campaign, but a late report he filed showed he brought in $264,400. He claimed $584,000 in total receipts, bolstered by the personal loan." [Chattanooga Times Free Press, 9/7/23]
December 2022: FEC Cited Ogles' Campaign For Multiple Reporting Violations According to Chattanooga Times Free Press, "A Dec. 6 letter to Datwyler listed several problems within the campaign's report, including incorrect totals and information that deflated cash on hand, failure to disclose the identity of anyone who contributed more than $200 in a cycle and failure to properly disclose the receipt of funds to Ogles for TN-005 from a committee called Take Back TN-05." [Chattanooga Times Free Press, 9/7/23]
2022: Ogles Denied Coordination With Beaman's PAC Volunteers for Freedom According to Daily News Journal, "Federal law prohibits coordination on ad buys between independent PACs and the candidates they support. Ogles denied coordination with Beaman's Volunteers for Freedom PAC multiple times in 2022." [Daily News Journal, 8/12/24]
June–August 2024: Beaman's PAC Supported Ogles' Campaign After Fundraising Lag According to Daily News Journal, "After Ogles' campaign fundraising fell short of his Republican challenger this year, Beaman gave the PAC another $10,000 on June 28 - the only contribution to the PAC so far this cycle. Volunteers for Freedom then swooped in to spend more than $15,000 on digital ads to boost Ogles in the final days of the campaign." [Daily News Journal, 8/12/24]
August 2024: Ogles Confirmed Campaign Mailer Inaccuracy Regarding Campaign Treasurer According to Columbia Daily Herald (Tennessee), "U.S. Rep. Andy Ogles confirmed an inaccuracy on multiple campaign mailers distributed to voters in his district, telling reporters on election night that Nashville auto magnate Lee Beaman is not, in fact, his campaign treasurer." [Columbia Daily Herald (Tennessee), 8/12/24]
August 2024: Ogles' Campaign Listed Lee Beaman As Treasurer on Materials Despite FEC Filings According to Columbia Daily Herald (Tennessee), "Ogles' campaign produced multiple mailers and hand cards during the primary cycle - all of which listed Beaman as his campaign treasurer. Beaman has not been listed as treasurer on Ogles' filings with the Federal Election Commission since August 2022." [Columbia Daily Herald (Tennessee), 8/12/24]
August 2024: Ogles' Actual Campaign Treasurer Was Thomas Datwyler According to Columbia Daily Herald (Tennessee), "According to FEC documents, Ogles' campaign treasurer is Thomas Datwyler, of Ax Capital Compliance, who in the last few weeks was finally listed on Ogles' campaign website, replacing Beaman." [Columbia Daily Herald (Tennessee), 8/12/24]
2022-2024: Beaman Used PAC To Fund Ogles' Campaign During FEC Filing Discrepancy According to Columbia Daily Herald (Tennessee), "For much of the 2022 cycle, Beaman was the sole donor to a new political action committee, Volunteers for Freedom PAC, funding it with a $50,000 contribution, according to FEC filings. The PAC then went on to spend much of those funds backing Ogles. At the time, Beaman was listed on Ogles' campaign website as campaign treasurer, and he remained listed there until a few weeks ago." [Columbia Daily Herald (Tennessee), 8/12/24]
2022: Ogles Denied Coordinating With Beaman's PAC Supporting His Campaign According to Columbia Daily Herald (Tennessee), "Ogles denied coordination with Beaman's Volunteers for Freedom PAC multiple times in 2022." [Columbia Daily Herald (Tennessee), 8/12/24]
June 28, 2024: Beaman Contributed $10,000 To PAC That Supported Ogles In 2024 Primary Cycle According to Columbia Daily Herald (Tennessee), "After Ogles' campaign fundraising fell short of his Republican challenger this year, Beaman gave the PAC another $10,000 on June 28 - the only contribution to the PAC so far this cycle. Volunteers for Freedom then swooped in to spend more than $15,000 on digital ads to boost Ogles in the final days of the campaign." [Columbia Daily Herald (Tennessee), 8/12/24]
August 2024: Ogles Confirmed Inaccuracy On Campaign Mailers Regarding Lee Beaman's Role According to The Jackson Sun, "U.S. Rep. Andy Ogles confirmed an inaccuracy on multiple campaign mailers distributed to voters in his district, telling reporters on election night that Nashville auto magnate Lee Beaman is not, in fact, his campaign treasurer." [Jackson Sun, 8/12/24]
August 2024: FEC Filings Show Thomas Datwyler As Ogles' Campaign Treasurer Since 2022 According to The Jackson Sun, "Beaman has not been listed as treasurer on Ogles' filings with the Federal Election Commission since August 2022. According to FEC documents, Ogles' campaign treasurer is Thomas Datwyler, of Ax Capital Compliance, who in the last few weeks was finally listed on Ogles' campaign website, replacing Beaman." [Jackson Sun, 8/12/24]
2022-2024: Ogles Denied Coordination With Beaman's PAC Amid Reports Of PAC Spending To Support Him According to The Jackson Sun, "From recent FEC filings, it appears Beaman may have used an independent political action committee to skirt federal contribution limits to Ogles' campaign. [...] Federal law prohibits coordination on ad buys between independent PACs and the candidates they support. Ogles denied coordination with Beaman's Volunteers for Freedom PAC multiple times in 2022." [Jackson Sun, 8/12/24]
June-July 2024: Beaman-Funded PAC Spent Over $15,000 Supporting Ogles Ahead Of Primary According to The Jackson Sun, "After Ogles' campaign fundraising fell short of his Republican challenger this year, Beaman gave the PAC another $10,000 on June 28 - the only contribution to the PAC so far this cycle. Volunteers for Freedom then swooped in to spend more than $15,000 on digital ads to boost Ogles in the final days of the campaign." [Jackson Sun, 8/12/24]
2022: Ogles Paid $5,750 In Civil Penalties For Campaign Finance Violations According to Tennessean, "He was required to pay $5,750 in civil penalties for campaign finance violations after the 2022 cycle." [Tennessean, 9/22/24]
2022-Present: Every Ogles FEC Disclosure Has Required Corrections According to Tennessean, "Since first filing for candidacy in 2022, every disclosure Ogles has filed with the Federal Election Commission has had to later be corrected." [Tennessean, 9/22/24]
September 2024: Ogles Filed Financial Disclosure After Deadline Extension According to Columbia Daily Herald, "Ogles filed for an extension to the original May 15 deadline, making the new deadline Aug. 13. The new filings squeaked in Friday, hours before a 30-day grace period expired - after which he would have been subject to a $200 late filing fee." [Columbia Daily Herald, 9/23/24]
2022-2024: Ogles Had Ongoing Issues With Financial Disclosure Accuracy and Timeliness According to Columbia Daily Herald, "Ogles has had chronic problems with financial disclosures even before his bid for Congress in 2022. Ogles omitted multiple items on financial disclosures submitted to the State of Tennessee as Maury County Mayor. In 2022, his first Congressional campaign finance disclosures were filed weeks late. He was required to pay $5,750 in civil penalties for campaign finance violations after the 2022 cycle. Since first filing for candidacy in 2022, every disclosure Ogles has filed with the Federal Election Commission has had to later be corrected." [Columbia Daily Herald, 9/23/24]
2024: FBI Confiscated Andy Ogles' Phone In Campaign Finance Probe According to The Oak Ridger, "Freshman U.S. Rep. Andy Ogles spent $50,000 to hire white collar defense attorneys immediately after the FBI confiscated his cell phone in a probe believed to be related to chronic errors in his campaign finance filings." [Oak Ridger, 10/21/24]
2022-2024: Ogles Faced Scrutiny And Penalties Over Campaign Finance Disclosures According to The Oak Ridger, "For more than two years, Ogles has faced scrutiny and multiple complaints over his federal campaign finance disclosures, including a Federal Election Commission complaint alleging a 'pattern of malfeasance' in his financial dealings in 2022, and $5,750 in civil penalties for campaign finance violations after the 2022 cycle." [Oak Ridger, 10/21/24]
Ogles' Campaign Said He Believed Investigation Linked To Filing Errors According to The Oak Ridger, "Previously, Ogles has said that he believes the probe is connected with errors in his campaign finance filings, which he has 'worked diligently' to correct." [Oak Ridger, 10/21/24]
FEC Warned Ogles Campaign Over Finance Report Errors In December 2022 According to Nashville Post, "The FEC told Ogles campaign treasurer Thomas Datwyler earlier this month that the campaign's finance reports included incorrect information and failed to disclose required information about certain donations. The agency also said that Ogles appears to have accepted some contributions above the legal limit." [Nashville Post, 12/12/22]
Ogles Campaign Missed A Key Campaign Finance Report Deadline In 2022 According to Nashville Post, "His campaign struggled to properly file campaign finance reports throughout the campaign, including by missing one key report deadline." [Nashville Post, 12/12/22]
Ogles Denied Coordination With Datwyler-Controlled Super PAC In 2022 According to Nashville Post, "Ogles hired Datwyler as campaign treasurer shortly after a super PAC controlled by Datwyler spent hundreds of thousands of dollars on Ogles' behalf, raising questions of coordination, Main Street reported. 'Clearly there is no coordination between the two,' Ogles said on election night, according to Main Street." [Nashville Post, 12/12/22]
Prior Ogles Treasurer Lee Beaman Established Separate Super PAC Supporting Ogles According to Nashville Post, "Ogles' previous treasurer, Lee Beaman, established a separate super PAC that spent tens of thousands of dollars on Ogles' behalf." [Nashville Post, 12/12/22]
2023: FEC Gave Ogles' Campaign Deadline to Respond to Violations According to The Jackson Sun, "Ogles' campaign has until Oct. 5 to respond." [Jackson Sun, 9/10/23]
Late August 2023: FEC Sent Letters To Andy Ogles' Campaign For Excessive And Prohibited Contributions According to Daily News Journal, "FEC officials sent two letters to Ogles' campaign treasurer, Thomas Datwyler, late last month threatening to audit his campaign or take other enforcement actions if Ogles' campaign does not immediately correct the issues." [Daily News Journal, 9/10/23]
2023: FEC Alleged Andy Ogles Received Excess Contributions From House Freedom Fund According to Daily News Journal, "According to the FEC's letter, Ogles' received more than $14,000 from the House Freedom Fund between January and May toward the 2024 general election. Federal law limits candidates to receiving a total of $5,000 in contributions from multi-candidate committees per election." [Daily News Journal, 9/10/23]
2023: FEC Noted Discrepancies In Andy Ogles' Campaign Finance Reports According to Daily News Journal, "The FEC also noted discrepancies between Ogles' first-quarter 2023 report and previous reports." [Daily News Journal, 9/10/23]
December 2022: FEC Flagged Andy Ogles' Campaign For Incorrect Disclosures According to Daily News Journal, "Last December, the FEC sent Datwyler a letter noting incorrect information in the campaign's disclosures and the campaign's failure to disclose other required information." [Daily News Journal, 9/10/23]
Late August 2023: FEC Noted Ogles Received Excessive Campaign Contributions Toward 2024 Reelection According to Tennessean, "Ogles' received more than $14,000 from the House Freedom Fund between January and May toward the 2024 general election. Federal law limits candidates to receiving a total of $5,000 in contributions from multi-candidate committees per election. The FEC also noted discrepancies between Ogles' first-quarter 2023 report and previous reports." [Tennessean, 9/10/23]
September 2023: FEC Threatened Audit of Ogles' Campaign Over Contribution Issues According to Tennessean, "FEC officials sent two letters to Ogles' campaign treasurer, Thomas Datwyler, late last month threatening to audit his campaign or take other enforcement actions if Ogles' campaign does not immediately correct the issues." [Tennessean, 9/10/23]
December 2022: FEC Noted Incorrect Disclosures in Ogles' 2022 Campaign Filings According to Tennessean, "Last December, the FEC sent Datwyler a letter noting incorrect information in the campaign's disclosures and the campaign's failure to disclose other required information." [Tennessean, 9/10/23]
September 2023: Ogles' Campaign Given Until October 5 To Respond To FEC According to Tennessean, "Ogles' campaign has until Oct. 5 to respond." [Tennessean, 9/10/23]
September 2023: FEC Scrutinized Andy Ogles For Excessive Campaign Contributions According to Columbia Daily Herald, "Freshman U.S. Rep. Andy Ogles, R-Columbia, is again facing scrutiny from the Federal Election Commission for receiving excessive and otherwise prohibited campaign contributions toward his reelection bid next year. FEC officials sent two letters to Ogles' campaign treasurer, Thomas Datwyler, late last month threatening to audit his campaign or take other enforcement actions if Ogles' campaign does not immediately correct the issues." [Columbia Daily Herald, 9/11/23]
2022: Campaign Legal Center Accused Ogles Of Falsely Reporting $320,000 Loan According to NewsChannel 5, "That latest complaint — filed with the Federal Election Commission by the non-partisan Campaign Legal Center in Washington, D.C. — focuses on the Maury County Republican’s false claims to have personally loaned $320,000 to his campaign in 2022 [...] 'Taken together, these wide-ranging reporting violations suggest Ogles' overarching effort to obscure how he raised and spent money in pursuit of federal office,' the complaint reads." [NewsChannel 5, 4/23/25]
2024: Ogles Admitted To Only Lending $20,000 To Campaign In 2022 According to NewsChannel 5, "On May 15, 2024, Ogles admitted that he had only loaned his campaign $20,000. That acknowledgement came 'just hours before the OCE was scheduled to interview Ogles' campaign manager and treasurer,' the newly filed FEC complaint notes." [NewsChannel 5, 4/23/25]
2024: Ogles Filed 11 Amendments Admitting False Claims On Campaign Loans According to NewsChannel 5, "May 22, 2024: 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, 4/23/25]
Campaign Legal Center Questioned Plausibility of Ogles' Loan Based on Financial Disclosures According to Nashville Post, "The Campaign Legal Center, a campaign finance watchdog group that filed a formal complaint about Ogles, based some of its accusations on Ogles' separate personal financial disclosure filings, which showed that he had few assets, income or savings, making a personal loan of any significance implausible." [Nashville Post, 5/24/24]
May 2024: Courtney Johnston Accused Ogles of Lying to the Federal Government According to Nashville Post, Councilmember Courtney Johnston said, "Andy Ogles lied to the federal government and got caught. [...] What won't he lie about? Voters in Middle Tennessee deserve a member of Congress they can trust." [Nashville Post, 5/24/24]
2024: Ogles Claimed $320,000 Had Been A 'Pledge,' Not Actual Loan According to Tennessean, "In a statement released by Ogles' campaign on Thursday, Ogles said the funds previously disclosed as a loan to the FEC were instead a 'pledge' to self-fund, if needed - and that need never arose. 'At the beginning of the 2022 campaign cycle, I pledged $320,000 to use toward my own campaign efforts if needed,' Ogles said in the statement." [Tennessean, 5/26/24]
2024: Ogles Described Himself As 'Grassroots Representative' Not Able To Self-Fund Millions According to Tennessean, "'I'm not a wealthy man who can self-fund the millions of dollars needed to run a congressional campaign,' Ogles said. 'I am a grassroots representative, and I pledged everything I own to run for the honor of representing Tennessee's Fifth Congressional District.'" [Tennessean, 5/26/24]
Ogles Admitted Falsely Reporting A $320,000 Personal Loan To FEC In 2023 According to Columbia Daily Herald, "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." [Columbia Daily Herald, 6/5/24]
2024: Ogles Reported About $95,000 Cash On Hand; Admitted Reporting Personal Loan To FEC Was A "Pledge" Instead According to Knoxville News-Sentinel, "The digital ad buys and direct mailers amount to more than three times his current campaign cash on hand, according to his most recent finance disclosures where he reported around $95,000 in his campaign coffers. 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." [Knoxville News-Sentinel, 6/6/24]
2024: Ogles Acknowledged Filing False $320,000 Self-Loan In FEC Reports According to Tennessean, "Earlier this year, Ogles filed updated documents with the FEC acknowledging he falsely reported a $320,000 self-loan and that the money was never in his campaign account. At the time, he called it a pledge to self fund. That left his reelection campaign with only $95,349 in the bank at the end of the first quarter." [Tennessean, 7/3/24]
Ogles Drew Criticism For Misrepresenting $320,000 Loan And Resume According to Columbia Daily Herald, "Ogles has made headlines for misrepresenting a $320,000 loan he reported to the federal election commission for two years that he later admitted was never available in his campaign account. He instead called it a pledge to self fund if needed. He has also drawn national criticism for misrepresenting his resume." [Columbia Daily Herald (Tennessee), 7/15/24]
2023: Ogles Admitted To FEC He Misreported A $320,000 Self-Loan As Actual Cash Instead Of A Pledge According to Columbia Daily Herald (Tennessee), "He recently admitted that a self-loan of $320,000 that he had reported as cash to the FEC for two years was in fact a ʻpledgeʼ for funding for which the need never arose." [Columbia Daily Herald (Tennessee), 7/26/24]
NewsChannel 5 Reported Ogles Faced Allegations Of Embellishing Resume And Misusing GoFundMe Funds According to Chattanooga Times Free Press, "Ogles has also faced allegations that he embellished his resume and lied about how he would use funds raised through GoFundMe, according to reports from NewsChannel 5. He also admitted to wrongly reporting that he loaned his campaign $320,000 in 2022 during a pivotal fundraising time." [Chattanooga Times Free Press (Tennessee), 8/4/24]
2024: Andy Ogles Faced Allegations Of Embellishing Resume And Misleading On Campaign Loans According to Chattanooga Times Free Press, "Ogles has also faced allegations that he embellished his resume and lied about how he would use funds raised through GoFundMe, according to reports from NewsChannel 5. He also admitted to wrongly reporting that he loaned his campaign $320,000 in 2022 during a pivotal fundraising time." [Chattanooga Times Free Press (Tennessee), 8/4/24]
2022: House Ethics Panel Found Ogles Likely Violated Campaign Finance Law With Inflated Loan Claims According to Chattanooga Times Free Press, "A House Congressional Ethics panel is recommending further investigation of U.S. Rep. Andy Ogles after finding he likely violated federal campaign finance laws, mainly by reporting an inflated personal loan to make his bid for office look stronger." [Chattanooga Times Free Press, 1/4/25]
2022: Ogles Reported $320,000 Personal Loan To Campaign Later Reduced To $20,000 According to Chattanooga Times Free Press, "In his first run for Congress representing the newly drawn 5th Congressional District in 2022, Ogles reported receiving a $320,000 personal loan for his campaign. ... In May 2024, he amended campaign finance reports for the previous two years, acknowledging he made only a $20,000 loan to his campaign and saying the additional $300,000 was in a joint account he shared with his wife." [Chattanooga Times Free Press, 1/4/25]
2024: Ogles Claimed $320,000 Loan Was Only A 'Pledge' Not Actual Transfer According to Chattanooga Times Free Press, "Addressing his amended report, Ogles said the $320,000 was a 'pledge' to his campaign from assets such as bank and retirement accounts." [Chattanooga Times Free Press, 1/4/25]
2022: Ogles Exercised Significant Control Over Campaign Finances And Withheld Bank Access According to Chattanooga Times Free Press, "The report says Ogles had 'significant control' over the campaign's finances and that neither his treasurer nor manager had access to the bank account and depended on him for information." [Chattanooga Times Free Press, 1/4/25]
2022: Ogles Provided Misleading Documentation To Campaign Treasurer According to Chattanooga Times Free Press, "A treasurer told the ethics board that Ogles provided 'misleading documentation' about the $320,000 loan." [Chattanooga Times Free Press, 1/4/25]
House Ethics Panel Recommended Further Investigation Of Andy Ogles In 2025 According to Chattanooga Times Free Press, "A House Congressional Ethics panel is recommending further investigation of U.S. Rep. Andy Ogles after finding he likely violated federal campaign finance laws, mainly by reporting an inflated personal loan to make his bid for office look stronger." [Chattanooga Times Free Press, 1/4/25]
2025: OCE Report Stated Ogles Provided Misleading Financial Documentation To Campaign Treasurer According to Tennessean, "'Rep. Ogles controlled his campaign finances and provided his treasurer with misleading documentation of the reported $320,000 loan.'" [Tennessean, 1/4/25]
2025: OCE Found Ogles Exercised Significant Control Over Campaign Finances According to Tennessean, "OCE staff deposed Ogles' campaign treasurer Thomas Datwyler and chief of staff Grant Henry [...] finding Ogles 'exercised significant control' over his campaign's finances 'to the point that both his campaign treasurer and campaign manager lacked access to his campaign bank account and relied on Rep. Ogles for information about campaign finances.'" [Tennessean, 1/4/25]
2023: Ogles Admitted $320,000 Campaign Loan Was Actually a 'Pledge' According to Columbia Daily Herald, "Ogles admitted that the self-loan of $320,000 that he had reported as cash to the Federal Election Commission for two years was in fact a 'pledge' for funding for which the need never arose. He later amended disclosures to reduce the loan reported to $20,000." [Columbia Daily Herald, 1/6/25]
January 2025: OCE Report Stated Ogles Operated Campaign With $300,000 Less Than Reported According to Columbia Daily Herald, 'Rep. Ogles' campaign operated with $300,000 less than it reported - but did not dip into the red or spend general election dollars, suggesting Rep. Ogles was aware of the campaign's true, unreported cash on hand,' the report states. [Columbia Daily Herald, 1/6/25]
January 2025: OCE Found Ogles Provided Misleading Documentation of $320,000 Loan According to Columbia Daily Herald, 'Rep. Ogles controlled his campaign finances and provided his treasurer with misleading documentation of the reported $320,000 loan.' [Columbia Daily Herald, 1/6/25]
2022: Andy Ogles Was Accused of Inflating Campaign Loan According to an opinion piece by Alex Mormorunni in Columbia Daily Herald, "While running for his seat, Ogles' campaign received a $320,000 personal loan - at least, that is what Ogles reported. The House Congressional Ethics panel concluded that Ogles likely inflated the loan to make his campaign appear more established and well-backed, allowing him to essentially 'buy the primary.'" [Alex Mormorunni - Columbia Daily Herald, 3/16/25]
2022: House Congressional Ethics Panel Found Andy Ogles Likely Inflated Personal Campaign Loan According to an opinion piece by Alex Mormorunni in Daily News Journal, "While running for his seat, Ogles' campaign received a $320,000 personal loan - at least, that is what Ogles reported. The House Congressional Ethics panel concluded that Ogles likely inflated the loan to make his campaign appear more established and well-backed, allowing him to essentially 'buy the primary.' The panel voted 6-0 to expand their investigation, as such schemes violate several campaign finance laws." [Alex Mormorunni - Daily News Journal, 3/16/25]
2022: Andy Ogles Reported $320,000 Personal Loan To His Campaign According to an opinion piece by Alex Mormorunni in Jackson Sun, "While running for his seat, Ogles' campaign received a $320,000 personal loan - at least, that is what Ogles reported. The House Congressional Ethics panel concluded that Ogles likely inflated the loan to make his campaign appear more established and well-backed, allowing him to essentially 'buy the primary.'" [Alex Mormorunni - Jackson Sun, 3/16/25]
2022: Andy Ogles' Campaign Reported $320,000 Personal Loan According to an opinion piece by Alex Mormorunni in Tennessean, "While running for his seat, Ogles' campaign received a $320,000 personal loan - at least, that is what Ogles reported. The House Congressional Ethics panel concluded that Ogles likely inflated the loan to make his campaign appear more established and well-backed, allowing him to essentially 'buy the primary.'" [Alex Mormorunni - Tennessean, 3/22/25]
2022: Ogles' Campaign Filings Received Consistent Scrutiny Before General Election According to The Daily News Journal, "Ogles campaign finance filings have been a matter of consistent scrutiny even prior to his first general election in November 2022." [Daily News Journal, 4/28/25]
Ogles' Campaign Investigated For Possible Willful False Reporting According to The Leaf-Chronicle, "Parts of the FEC complaint are based on an extensive investigation conducted by the Office of Congressional Ethics, which found that Ogles appears to have knowingly and willfully filed false campaign reports, and sought to conceal his actions by lying to his campaign treasurer and manager." [Leaf-Chronicle, 4/28/25]
Ogles' Campaign Finance Filings Received Consistent Scrutiny Since 2022 According to The Leaf-Chronicle, "Ogles campaign finance filings have been a matter of consistent scrutiny even prior to his first general election in November 2022." [Leaf-Chronicle, 4/28/25]
2022: Ogles Announced Inflated Fundraising Totals, Filed Late Reports According to Chattanooga Times Free Press, "he announced in March he raised $453,000 in the first 30 days of his campaign but then filed a late report with the Federal Election Commission showing he brought in only $264,400. He reported a loan of $320,000 to build up his numbers and spent $301,063." [Chattanooga Times Free Press, 10/5/22]
Ogles Loaned $320,000 To His Own Campaign In Primary According to Columbia Daily Herald (Tennessee), "But, $320,000 of Ogles' cash is from a personal loan he made to the campaign during the primary to make up for lower-than-promised fundraising numbers." [Columbia Daily Herald (Tennessee), 10/23/22]
2023: House Ethics Committee Investigated Ogles Over False Loan Claims According to NewsChannel 5, "As a result, the Campaign Legal Center filed a complaint with the Office of Congressional Ethics (OCE), which has since triggered the investigation by the House Ethics Committee." [NewsChannel 5, 4/23/25]
2025: House Ethics Committee Report Suggested Ogles May Have Intentionally Misrepresented Campaign Loans According to NewsChannel 5, "The final report from the Office of Congressional Ethics, released by the House Ethics Committee in January, concludes that Ogles 'may have intentionally misrepresented the amount of money he loaned to his campaign' in order to create 'the appearance that his campaign had more money than it did.'" [NewsChannel 5, 4/23/25]
2024: Office of Congressional Ethics Recommended Full House Ethics Investigation Into Andy Ogles According to Axios, "An independent federal agency recommends the House Ethics Committee open a full-scale investigation into U.S. Rep. Andy Ogles over discrepancies in his campaign finance disclosures." [Axios, 1/2/25]
Office of Congressional Ethics Found Substantial Reason To Believe Ogles Omitted or Misrepresented Information in Disclosures According to Axios, "The OCE report concluded there is 'substantial reason to believe that Rep. Ogles omitted or misrepresented required information' on his financial disclosures." [Axios, 1/2/25]
2024: Andy Ogles Refused To Cooperate With Federal Review of His Finances According to Axios, "Ogles refused to cooperate with the federal review of his finances, according to a new report." [Axios, 1/2/25]
2024: Ogles Disclosed FBI Seized His Cellphone and Personal Email As Part Of Federal Probe According to Axios, "He disclosed last year that the FBI seized his cellphone and personal email as part of an apparent federal investigation into his finances." [Axios, 1/2/25]
OCE Recommended House Ethics Committee Subpoena Ogles, His Wife, and Others According to Axios, "The OCE report recommends a full House Ethics investigation, including issuing subpoenas to Ogles, his wife Monica Ogles and others." [Axios, 1/2/25]
January 2024: Ethics Complaint Filed Against Andy Ogles Over Financial Discrepancies According to Tennessean, "In January 2024, the Campaign Legal Center filed a Congressional Ethics complaint seeking further scrutiny on more than $1 million in financial discrepancies in Ogles' federal campaign and personal finance disclosures." [Tennessean, 7/17/24]
2024: Campaign Legal Center Filed Ethics Complaint Over Ogles' Disclosures According to Columbia Daily Herald (Tennessee), "In January 2024, the Campaign Legal Center filed a Congressional Ethics complaint seeking further scrutiny on more than $1 million in financial discrepancies in Ogles' federal campaign and personal finance disclosures." [Columbia Daily Herald (Tennessee), 7/17/24]
2024: House Ethics Panel Expanded Investigation Into Ogles' Campaign Practices According to an opinion piece by Alex Mormorunni in Columbia Daily Herald, "The panel voted 6-0 to expand their investigation, as such schemes violate several campaign finance laws." [Alex Mormorunni - Columbia Daily Herald, 3/16/25]
2024: Ogles Amended Personal Loan Disclosures From $320,000 Down To $20,000 According to Axios, "Ogles later amended disclosures to reduce the reported personal loan amount to $20,000." [Axios, 1/2/25]
Ogles Claimed Reporting Problems Were Honest Mistakes According to Axios, "Ogles said last year he is 'confident that any reporting problem was at worst an honest mistake.'" [Axios, 1/2/25]
May 2024: Ogles Stated $320,000 Loan Was Mistakenly Included in FEC Reports According to Nashville Post, Ogles said, "That $320,000 pledge comprised several documented assets, including bank and retirement accounts, which I was ready to personally risk for the chance to fight for Middle Tennessee. While we only needed to transfer $20,000, unfortunately, the full amount of my pledge was mistakenly included on my campaign's FEC reports." [Nashville Post, 5/24/24]
May 2024: Amended Reports Showed Ogles Loaned Only $20,000 To Campaign According to Nashville Post, "According to the amended reports, Ogles loaned his campaign for Congress just $20,000." [Nashville Post, 5/24/24]
2024: Ogles Admitted His Campaign Falsely Reported A $320,000 Loan According to Tennessean, "U.S. Rep. Andy Ogles admitted this week that his campaign falsely reported a personal loan of $320,000 to the Federal Election Commission, according to campaign finance updates filed Wednesday." [Tennessean, 5/26/24]
2024: Ogles Amended Filings To Report Only $20,000 Loaned To Campaign According to Tennessean, "In nearly 11 new amendments to filings that date back to April 2022, the freshman congressman eliminated mention of $300,000 he said he personally loaned his campaign over the past two years. Ogles now reports he loaned his campaign $20,000 during the 2022 primary, according to filings made Wednesday by campaign treasurer Thomas Datwyler." [Tennessean, 5/26/24]
2024: Ogles Said Amendment Process Was Done With Attorneys And FEC Experts According to Tennessean, "He said the amendments were made 'in consultation with attorneys and FEC reporting experts to begin the process of ensuring my FEC reports and Financial Disclosures accurately reflect the circumstances of my original pledge,' he said in the statement, adding that the pledge included several documented assets including bank and retirement accounts." [Tennessean, 5/26/24]
Ogles Filed Amendments After Admitting To Falsely Reporting $320,000 Personal Loan To FEC In 2023 According to The Commercial Appeal, "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." [The Commercial Appeal (Memphis, Tennessee), 6/9/24]
2023: News Reports Questioned Ogles' Resume And Campaign Finance Reporting According to Chattanooga Times Free Press, "News reports questioned Ogles' resume last year, including his claims that he earned a degree from Vanderbilt's Owen Graduate School of Management and worked as an economist, even though he had no degree or formal training in the field. Ogles [...] 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]
2023: Ogles Filed Amended Federal Campaign Finance Report 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]
2022: Ogles Amended Campaign Finance Filings For False Loan Reporting According to The Leaf-Chronicle, "Ogles later admitted that a self-loan of $320,000 that he had reported as cash to the FEC for two years was in fact a 'pledge' for funding for which the need never arose. He amended filings last year to reflect that he had only $20,000 on hand at the time." [Leaf-Chronicle, 4/28/25]
2022-2023: FEC Noted Inaccurate Personal Loan Reporting In Ogles' Campaign Filings According to Chattanooga Times Free Press, "The letters also note that Ogles' report includes outdated information on $320,000 last year he personally loaned his campaign. The reports show the loan was due as of Dec. 31, 2022, but no payment has been made on it. 'Please note that an overdue loan from the candidate's personal funds may be considered a contribution from the candidate if new terms are not disclosed,' the letter states." [Chattanooga Times Free Press, 9/7/23]
Ogles Admitted To Falsely Reporting $320,000 Personal Loan As A Pledge To Self-Fund According to Tennessean, "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." [Tennessean, 6/4/24]
2024: Ogles Asserted Probe Was Connected To Campaign Finance Filing Errors According to The Leaf-Chronicle, "Previously, Ogles has said that he believes the probe is connected with errors in his campaign finance filings, which he has 'worked diligently' to correct." [Leaf-Chronicle, 10/21/24]
2024: Ogles Faced Ongoing Ethics Complaint Regarding Financial Disclosures 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, 10/21/24]
2024: Ogles Admitted $320,000 Loan Was A Pledge, Not Actual Cash Provided According to The Oak Ridger, "He recently admitted that the self-loan of $320,000 that he had reported as cash to the FEC for two years was in fact a 'pledge' for funding for which the need never arose." [Oak Ridger, 10/21/24]
2022: Complaint Filed With FEC Alleging Pattern Of Malfeasance By Andy Ogles On Financial Disclosures According to Daily News Journal, "Shortly before the election in 2022, a complaint was filed with the FEC alleging a 'pattern of malfeasance' in Ogles' handling of federal financial disclosures." [Daily News Journal, 9/10/23]
Late 2022: FEC Complaint Alledged Pattern Of Malfeasance In Ogles' Financial Disclosures According to Tennessean, "Shortly before the election in 2022, a complaint was filed with the FEC alleging a 'pattern of malfeasance' in Ogles' handling of federal financial disclosures." [Tennessean, 9/10/23]
2024: Campaign Legal Center Filed Ethics Complaint Against Ogles For $1 Million In Financial Discrepancies According to Tennessean, "Campaign Legal Center filed an ethics complaint against Ogles over $1 million in financial discrepancies in his disclosures earlier this year." [Tennessean, 7/3/24]
2024: Ogles Did Not Respond To Questions On Disclosure Inconsistencies According to Tennessean, "Ogles' congressional office and campaign did not respond to questions seeking an explanation for the inconsistencies in the disclosures. Throughout the last year, neither Ogles' office nor his campaign has ever responded to questions from The Tennessean regarding errors and delays in his financial disclosures." [Tennessean, 9/22/24]
2022: Andy Ogles Faced Federal Election Commission Complaints According to Tennessean, "He walked out on the news conference when asked about Federal Election Commission complaints his campaign has faced." [Tennessean, 11/10/22]
2025: Watchdog Group Found $1 Million Discrepancy in Ogles' Financial Disclosures According to an opinion piece by Alex Mormorunni in Jackson Sun, "The investigation revealed over $1 million of discrepancies in Ogles' congressional financial disclosures. The Campaign Legal Center - the nonpartisan watchdog group that uncovered the discrepancies that provoked the federal investigation - compared the allegations to those faced by notorious fraudster and former Congressman George Santos." [Alex Mormorunni - Jackson Sun, 3/16/25]
Campaign Legal Center Uncovered $1 Million Discrepancies in Ogles' Financial Disclosures According to an opinion piece by Alex Mormorunni in Tennessean, "The investigation revealed over $1 million of discrepancies in Ogles' congressional financial disclosures. The Campaign Legal Center - the nonpartisan watchdog group that uncovered the discrepancies that provoked the federal investigation - compared the allegations to those faced by notorious fraudster and former Congressman George Santos." [Alex Mormorunni - Tennessean, 3/22/25]
2022: Ogles Expressed Belief That There Was 'Fraud' During 2020 Election According to Tennessean, "For instance, Green and Rose voted against certifying the 2020 election for President Joe Biden, and Ogles has expressed beliefs that there was 'fraud' during that election." [Tennessean, 11/22/22]
2022: Andy Ogles Expressed Belief That Fraud Occurred In The 2020 Presidential Election According to Leaf-Chronicle, "Green and Rose voted against certifying the 2020 election for President Joe Biden, and Ogles has expressed beliefs that there was 'fraud' during that election." [Leaf-Chronicle, 11/23/22]
2022: Ogles Expressed Belief Of 'Fraud' In 2020 Presidential Election According to The Daily News Journal, "Green and Rose voted against certifying the 2020 election for President Joe Biden, and Ogles has expressed beliefs that there was 'fraud' during that election." [Daily News Journal, 11/23/22]