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Posted by: Stacey Shrader Joslin on Aug 8, 2016

Federal jurors found state Rep. Joe Armstrong, D-Knoxville, guilty of one felony count of filing a false income tax return today, while acquitting him of two other charges: conspiring to defraud the Internal Revenue Service and tax evasion. Jurors began deliberating Friday and resumed discussions today, the Tennessean reports. A felony conviction disqualifies individuals from seeking office, so the local Democratic party has until Sept. 29 to nominate a new candidate, according to the Tennessee Secretary of State. Armstrong was unopposed in Thursday’s primary.