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Posted by: Stacey Shrader Joslin on Dec 19, 2024

Former state Sen. Brian Kelsey, R-Germantown, has asked the U.S. Supreme Court to reverse his conviction on charges of breaking federal campaign finance laws, Tennessee Lookout reports. Kelsey pleaded guilty to funneling more than $100,000 from his state campaign account through two political action committees to the American Conservative Union, which bought digital and radio advertising to bolster his bid for a congressional seat in 2016. He was sentenced to 21 months in prison. He later attempted to change his plea to not guilty. The 6th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals declined to reverse the plea. Kelsey is now asking the high court to reverse arguing that the appeals court applied the wrong type of review.