Washington Examiner: “A former Tennessee state senator was given a 21-month prison sentence Friday for violating campaign finance laws.
Brian Kelsey, 45, pleaded guilty to concealing the transfer of $91,000 from his state Senate campaign and $25,000 from a nonprofit group into a national political organization that went on to fund ads for his failed bid for the U.S. House. Kelsey had initially pleaded not guilty until his co-defendant, Nashville social club owner Joshua Smith pleaded guilty last year.”