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NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WTVF) What did Tennessee Congressman Andy Ogles do with tens of thousands of dollars meant for a children's burial garden?
Now, NewsChannel 5 Investigates has uncovered more questions that the freshman Republican won't answer.
It's a story that goes far beyond questions about Ogles' inflated resume. It's a story that stems from a personal tragedy the stillborn death of a child whose photo Ogles sometimes posts on his political social media and a GoFundMe that allowed Ogles to rake in tens of thousands of dollars for what was supposed to be a children's burial garden.
Yet, what makes it a story is the fact that there is no burial garden, no one knows where their donations went, and Ogles refuses to say what he did with the money.
NewsChannel 5 Investigates reached out to Ogles' office but never heard back, so we approached the Maury County Republican as he left a recent political event.
https://www.newschannel5.com/news/newschannel-5-investigates/what-did-congressman-andy-ogles-do-with-nearly-25-000-meant-for-child-burial-garden-he-wont-say
BlueWaveNeverEnd
(7,882 posts)ret5hd
(20,489 posts)Sneederbunk
(14,286 posts)haele
(12,645 posts)And not enough was left over for his "plans" for the plot. But he was too chicken shit to admit that's what he did.
At the end of the article, it points out that during his campaign, he was blaming the ACA for the lack of coordination between the hospital and the insurance company on who was going to pay for his wife's medical bills so much that he had problems coming up with the money they ended up owing.
My stepdaughter's labor and granddaughter's birth cost around $5k out of pocket for a simple, healthy, minimally medicated birth and recovery about 7 years ago. And it took months to sort out, with almost $2k going into collections because the insurance company stalled a payment to an out of network cost the in-network hospital tacked on.
Lord knows what a problematic labor and birth would cost out of pocket.
Haele
JohnnyRingo
(18,623 posts)There won't be any innocent children where you're going.