brian kelsey
<p><b><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"></font></b></p><p><b><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">an 1021</font></b></p><p><font size="4" face="Times New Roman" style="background-color: rgb(255, 204, 102);">The FBI has <a href="https://thedispatch.com/p/schlapp-acu-federal-investigation" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="blank" class="rm-stats-tracked" style="text-decoration-line: none; opacity: 1; transition: color 0.25s ease 0s, background 0.25s ease 0s, opacity 0.25s ease 0s;">opened up a criminal campaign-finance investigation into possible "misdeeds"</a> committed by the right wing organization headed by conservative lobbyist and Trump confidant <strong><a href="https://www.thenewcivilrightsmovement.com/?s=Matt+Schlapp" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="blank" class="rm-stats-tracked" style="text-decoration-line: none; opacity: 1; transition: color 0.25s ease 0s, background 0.25s ease 0s, opacity 0.25s ease 0s;">Matt Schlapp</a></strong>.</font></p><p><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 204, 102);">The group, the American Conservative Union</span><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">, is best known for its annual Conservative Political Action Conference (</span><a href="https://www.thenewcivilrightsmovement.com/?s=CPAC" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="blank" class="rm-stats-tracked" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-decoration-line: none; opacity: 1; transition: color 0.25s ease 0s, background 0.25s ease 0s, opacity 0.25s ease 0s;"><strong>CPAC</strong></a><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">) event that attracts right wing politicians and activists from across the country.</span></font></p><p style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Citing sources, The Dispatch reports "federal investigators are currently looking into possible c<b>riminal campaign-finance misdeeds at ACU during Schlapp's tenure. As part of the investigation, the FBI has interviewed former and current ACU employees about the financial dealings of the organization and its leaders—and in particular, as one source said, about their 'knowledge of the events leading up to the endorsement of Brian Kelsey.'."</b></font></p><p style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Kelsey is a Tennessee state senator who in 2016 ran for the GOP nomination for a seat in Congress.</font></p><p style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Since 2015 Schlapp has been the chairman of the ACU.</font></p><p><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><b style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">The allegations in our complaint—they're really quite bad," Adav Noti, chief of staff at the Campaign Legal Center,</b><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"> told The Dispatch. The CLC is the organization that filed the FEC complaint. "This is not run-of-the-mill shenanigans.</span><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 0);"> It's true that $100,000 isn't an overwhelmingamount of money, but it's not nothing for a congressional race in Tennessee, either. And the two-part scheme to route it back to the campaign—if that is indeed what happened, it's a very serious violation. It's not a ticky-tack or a technical issue."</span></font></p><p style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Read the entire report at <a href="https://thedispatch.com/p/schlapp-acu-federal-investigation" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="blank" class="rm-stats-tracked" style="text-decoration-line: none; opacity: 1; transition: color 0.25s ease 0s, background 0.25s ease 0s, opacity 0.25s ease 0s;">The Dispatch.</a></font></p><p><b><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">=</font></b></p>