Tennessee State Senator Pleads Guilty to Campaign Finance Scheme
Sunday, November 27, 2022 Tennessee State Senator Brian Kelsey pleaded guilty today to violating campaign finance laws and conspiring to defraud th...
Sunday, November 27, 2022 Tennessee State Senator Brian Kelsey pleaded guilty today to violating campaign finance laws and conspiring to defraud the Federal Election Commission (FEC) as part of a scheme to benefit his 2016 campaign for U.S. Congress. According to court documents, Kelsey, 44, of Germantown, admitted that he conspired to, and did, secretly and unlawfully funnel money from multiple sources, including his own Tennessee State Senate campaign committee, to his authorized federal campaign committee.