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Posted by: Julia Wilburn on May 6, 2026

The Department of Justice (DOJ) said it will return Rep. Andy Ogles', R-Tennessee, cellphone and destroy data obtained from it and his Google account, a move some say effectively closes its investigation into Ogles' campaign finances. The FBI had seized the phone in August 2024 over discrepancies in Ogles' campaign finance filings — specifically, a reported $320,000 loan to his campaign that was later amended to just $20,000 — but had agreed not to review its contents while Ogles challenged the seizure in court. The probe, which began under the Biden administration, had stalled awaiting a judge's ruling and never advanced to charges, according to the Associated Press. Ogles said in a statement that the DOJ "has effectively acknowledged I was right," He still faces a separate House Ethics Committee investigation.