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U.S. Supreme Court Denies Kelsey’s Appeal of Campaign Fraud Conviction

Posted by: Stacey Shrader Joslin on Jan 16, 2025

The U.S. Supreme Court has turned down former state senator Brian Kelsey’s plea to consider his conviction and sentencing for campaign fraud. Action News 5 reports that the court denied certiorari in the case on Monday without providing an explanation. In 2022, Kelsey pleaded guilty to violating campaign finance laws and conspiring to defraud the Federal Election Commission to benefit his 2016 campaign for U.S. Congress. He later tried to withdraw his guilty plea, arguing that federal prosecutors violated his plea agreement. That request was denied, and he was sentenced to 21 months in prison. Kelsey then petitioned the 6th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, which upheld the lower court’s actions. That decision was then appealed to the Supreme Court.