Brian Kelsey, a Republican former Tennessee state lawmaker who pled guilty to federal campaign finance crimes in 2022, has been pardoned by President Trump. Kelsey is now lobbying current Republicans for a law that would let him use campaign funds to pay for his legal expenses.
https://tennesseelookout.com/2025/04/09/pardoned-ex-sen-kelsey-wrangles-for-amendment-to-campaign-finance-bill/

Anonymous wrote:Are there any reporters pot there that can check the trades made by the Trump companies and / or Saudis and/or Congressional members (D and R) today before Donald’s Truth social post today about tariffs? That’s the story.

MOC trades will be public in 30 days. Not sure there’s any other way to unearth them before then.

Are there any reporters pot there that can check the trades made by the Trump companies and / or Saudis and/or Congressional members (D and R) today before Donald’s Truth social post today about tariffs? That’s the story.

Anonymous wrote:Corruption thread favorite Texas AG Ken Paxton finally gets a trial date!

Update: Ken Paxton is running for the US Senate.

“A Diplomatic Security Service shift supervisor assigned to Secretary of State Marco Rubio’s protective detail was arrested by Belgian police at a Brussels hotel last Monday after arguing with hotel staff and fighting with responding police officers. Later that week, Rubio stayed in the same place, Hotel Amigo, while attending NATO’s foreign ministers meeting.”
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/3368419/

“Rep. Ronny Jackson (R-TX) was under a House ethics investigation into separate allegations of misuse of campaign funds last year. That investigation was announced around the same time his campaign started listing his legal expense fund on his website, according to online archives, though there is no record of the Ethics Committee ever granting permission for him to open such a fund. The Ethics Committee declined to comment.”

“The Montana state Senate voted to bar former Senate President Jason Ellsworth (R) from the chamber floor and to remove him from his committee assignments. Ellsworth will still be able to vote remotely. Ellsworth is under scrutiny over his approval of a $170,000 contract with a longtime business associate.”

https://www.ktvh.com/news/montana-senate-bars-ellsworth-from-floor-for-life-removes-him-from-committees

Anonymous wrote:Representative Anthony D’Esposito, a New York Republican, gave part-time jobs to both his lover and his fiancée’s daughter, in possible violation of House ethics rules.

Update, because of course

“A man from the Philadelphia suburbs – who filed the lawsuit anonymously because he says he fears retribution – claims he is owed $20,000 for gathering signatures in Pennsylvania. The lawsuit claims there could be another 100 victims of Musk’s alleged breach-of-contract. This comes after press reports about allegedly late or missing payments from the super PAC around the presidential election.”
https://www.cnn.com/2025/04/01/politics/elon-musk-lawsuit-2024-voter-mobilization-efforts/index.html

South Dakota taxpayers paid for their governor Kristi Noem to campaign for Trump, lobby at Mar a Lago for her current DHS Secretary job, vacation in Paris and Canada, and get her teeth fixed in Texas.

“The expenses, released last month following a lawsuit by The Dakota Scout, have incensed Republicans in the deep-red state, with several GOP lawmakers accusing Noem of tapping state funds to fuel her own political ascendancy.”
https://apnews.com/article/noem-travel-taxpayers-south-dakota-homeland-security-c2655e00a16d44bba46c60a14a638f5d

Anonymous wrote:Same old story, en français

French far-right leader Marine Le Pen is investigated over alleged illicit financing in 2022 vote
https://apnews.com/article/france-le-pen-investigation-financing-election-b318d93e436e68b9471d13f4c6f374a3?utm_campaign=TrueAnthem&utm_medium=AP&utm_source=Twitter

Update:

“France's Marine Le Pen has been barred from running for office for five years after being found guilty of misappropriating European funds to finance her far-right National Rally (RN) party.

The momentous decision means that, unless she can get her sentence overturned before the 2027 presidential election, Le Pen will likely not be able to stand.
It would have been her fourth attempt, and the one offering the greatest chance of victory.

Judges imposed immediate ineligibility with her conviction, meaning the ban on holding public office will now come into effect even if Le Pen appeals.

She has also been given a four-year prison sentence, of which two will be suspended.”
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cwyq40yz70qo