Late Ogles filings show no 'pledged' cash, properties that don't align with county records

U.S. Rep. Andy Ogles

by Vivian Jones, The Tennessean, Sept. 16, 2024- More than four months after the original due date, U.S. Rep. Andy Ogles has filed annual financial disclosures with the U.S. House Clerk — and corrected last year’s filing — revealing a never-before-disclosed bank account, line of credit, travel expenses paid by a group that supported his campaign, and investment property disclosures that do not align with Maury County property records. ...

Ogles has been required to file financial disclosures every year since being elected Maury County mayor in 2019. As in the past, Ogles’ newest filings are at odds with previous ones — and include several corrections to past disclosures. .... he admitted that more than $300,000 he had reported as cash to the FEC for two years was in fact a “pledge” of funds for which the need never arose. Ogles had claimed that he could have loaned his 2022 campaign more than $300,000 but had not disclosed a personal bank account with that sum. The new filing reveals that while a previously undisclosed bank account exists, it does not contain the cash Ogles had claimed. (read more)

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