Last year, C&L reported on the $1 million of financial discrepancies in Ogles’ disclosure documents. The issues are similar to those that led to the expulsion of George Santos from Congress. In August, the FBI executed a search warrant as part of its investigation. Also like Santos, Ogles seems to have fabricated large portions of his bio.
But by kowtowing to Dear Leader Trump, Ogles (R-TN) seems unlikely to meet Santos’ misfortune. Or any misfortune at all.
Nashville’s NewsChannel 5 reported Friday on “an unprecedented move that could signal plans by the Trump administration to drop the case against a Republican ally”:
With no explanation, Acting U.S. Attorney Brian McGuire filed a notice late Thursday to withdraw Assistant U.S. Attorneys Robert S. Levine and J. Christopher Suedekum from an on-going legal dispute over the FBI’s access to evidence seized from Ogles last year.
McGuire’s motion said the case would now be handled completely out of the Department of Justice in Washington, D.C.
