Former Sen. Brian Kelsey says President Donald Trump pardoned him two weeks into his 21-month prison sentence for an illegal campaign finance scheme.

President Donald Trump has pardoned Brian Kelsey, a former Tennessee lawmaker who pleaded guilty to a campaign finance scheme in 2022, after the Republican served just two weeks of his 21-month prison sentence. Kelsey said on social media after his release Tuesday that he believed “God used Donald Trump to save me from the weaponized Biden DOJ.”

President Trump pardoned former Tennessee state Sen. Brian Kelsey on Tuesday, two weeks into his prison sentence for campaign finance violations. Why it matters: The pardon is a major victory for Kelsey,

Brian Kelsey, a Republican, pleaded guilty to illegally funneling money to his failed campaign for Congress in 2016. He later tried unsuccessfully to withdraw his plea.

A former Tennessee lawmaker who was once represented by White House Counsel David Warrington said he received a pardon from President Donald Trump after pleading guilty to an illegal campaign finance scheme in 2022.

Brian Kelsey was sentenced to 21 months in prison for campaign finance fraud. He served around two weeks before President Donald Trump pardoned him.

Former Tennessee Senator Brian Kelsey was pardoned by President Trump, according to Kelsey via a post on X. FOX13 previously reported Kelsey entered prison in Kentucky last month after being found guilty of participating in an illegal campaign finance scheme.

Former Republican Tennessee state Sen. Brian Kelsey, who pleaded guilty to conspiracy to violate campaign finance law, was pardoned by President Donald Trump Tuesday, just two weeks into a 21-month prison sentence.