‘My body of work speaks for itself,’ Tennessee Andy Ogles says in response to inflated résumé claims

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WTVF) — “My physique of labor speaks for itself.”

That was the response Tuesday morning from freshman Tennessee Congressman Andy Ogles to days of controversy following a NewsChannel 5 investigation into his claims to be an economist, a educated police officer, even an knowledgeable in worldwide intercourse crimes.

In an interview on Nashville discuss radio station WWTN, the Maury County Republican argued that his repeated claims to be an “economist” are largely primarily based on his time as an anti-tax lobbyist, not on any specific academic coaching.

“I feel you have a look at the physique of somebody’s work,” Ogles advised WWTN’s Dan Mandis. “I had the privilege in my profession, I’ve spent the final decade engaged on financial coverage and tax coverage — so that you resolve. On the finish of the day, I do not care.”

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Ogles spent some 5 years as a Capitol Hill lobbyist for the anti-tax Individuals for Prosperity of Tennessee, adopted by a 12 months as the manager director for a middle operated by supply-side economist Arthur Laffer.

The latter place seems to have been primarily an administrative job. Ogles doesn’t seem as an writer of any financial studies on the middle’s web site.

As NewsChannel 5 first reported, Ogles’ congressional web site claims he “studied coverage and economics” at Center Tennessee State College.

“I do not recall ever saying I had an economics diploma,” Ogles advised Mandis, “as a result of I have been fairly clear that I studied political science and worldwide relations.”

In a rambling response, Ogles tried to hyperlink the worldwide relations diploma to economics.

“It checked out political science from, you realize, not solely the historic perspective however the financial perspective,” he stated. “In order that was actually my first style into economics and understanding the dynamics that go into place of why sure nations are allies.”

The freshman Republican insisted he had not tried to signify course certificates from revered enterprise colleges at Vanderbilt and Dartmouth universities as actual graduate training, though he does handle a LinkedIn group for Vanderbilt alumni.

He described such govt training certificates as “type of like a mini diploma for an govt that did not actually wish to get a grasp’s or an MBA.”

On the marketing campaign path, persevering with in Washington as a congressman, Ogles has described himself “as a former member of legislation enforcement, labored in worldwide intercourse crimes, particularly baby trafficking.”

However, on WWTN, he acknowledged that his position as a reserve deputy with the Williamson County Sheriff’s Workplace had nothing to do with worldwide intercourse crimes or baby trafficking.

He blamed others for the confusion.

“The timeline most likely must be pulled aside and stretched a bit bit so they’re two separate line gadgets,” Ogles stated. “I feel, once more, by some means in that, they type of received overlapped or merged collectively. Possibly that created among the confusion, or possibly it is simply somebody trying to write a narrative.”

Actually, Ogles appeared to acknowledge that his actual legislation enforcement expertise as a reserve deputy was restricted, suggesting he spent most of his time offering safety at authorities conferences and dealing on the sheriff’s firing vary.

“In my case, I most likely spent much less time as a patrol deputy and extra time, like, on the college board assembly and the county fee conferences,” he defined. “I did spend a while on the highway, however then I additionally served as security officer on the firing vary, serving to prepare different officers on their firearms.”

The freshman Republican shortly glossed over claims on his congressional web site to have a significant position in combatting human trafficking, “overseeing operations and investments in 12 nations” for the nonprofit Abolition Worldwide.

Former officers with that group have stated that Ogles’ claims are extensively exaggerated.

Economist, cop, intercourse crimes knowledgeable? The tales of Congressman Andy Ogles

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