TBA Law Blog


Posted by: Kate Prince on Oct 27, 2022

State Sen. Brian Kelsey, R-Germantown, and his legal team have filed a motion to change his plea of not guilty in his federal campaign finance case, the Tennessean reports. The motion doesn’t say what plea Kelsey would like instead, but the move could signal he’s reached an agreement to avoid his upcoming trial. Kelsey and Nashville club owner Joshua Smith were indicted after federal prosecutors said they illegally shuffled money from Kelsey’s state Senate campaign to his authorized federal campaign committee. Smith last week pleaded guilty and is scheduled to be sentenced in June. Kelsey is not seeking reelection.