Representative Andy Ogles’s legal team pleaded with the Trump administration to drop a probe into his campaign finances. Months later, the Justice Department complied. Emails obtained by the nonprofit organization American Oversight and published Monday by RawStory revealed that Ogles’s attorneys reached out to the…

Months before the Department of Justice shut down an investigation into a Tennessee congressman with a reputation for slavish loyalty to President Donald Trump, his lawyer made a plea to top officials. A lawyer for Rep. Andy Ogles (R-TN) sent a letter last November to Ed Martin, formerly the pardon attorney and chair…