Ex-Sen. Brian Kelsey says he has received a Trump pardon

by Melissa Brown, The Tennessean, March 11, 2025 -  Key Points:

• Former state Sen. Brian Kelsey pleaded guilty in a campaign finance case. He received a 21-month sentence.
• Just 15 days after reporting to federal prison, Kelsey said he received a pardon from President Donald Trump.
• In a social media statement, Kelsey blamed his case on a "weaponized Biden DOJ." But the investigation against Kelsey began in 2019 during the first Trump administration.

... Kelsey, R-Germantown, reported to a federal prison facility in Kentucky in late February after exhausting a string of appeals and last-ditch legal efforts to either overturn his guilty plea or delay his prison reporting date.

"God used Donald Trump to save me from the weaponized Biden DOJ," Kelsey said in a social media post on Tuesday evening. (Read it all)

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