NASHVILLE, Tenn. (localmemphis.com) – A Tennessee State Senator from Germantown is under federal investigation. A published report says it’s for a complicated money trail related to his failed Congressional bid.
According to the Tennessean in Nashville, a grand jury is looking into State Senator Brian Kelsey’s 2016 campaign for the Republican nomination for Tennessee’s 8th Congressional district.
The investigation comes two years after a watchdog group filed acomplaint with The Federal Election Committee., accusing Kelsey of possiblybeing involved in illegal straw donations.
There are also allegations of unusual interactions between hiscampaign and a private Nashville club with a political action committee.