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New tonight at 6:00 o'clock, Indiana

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Senator Mike Braun is now

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being audited for allegedly

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violating campaign finance laws.

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He's accused of using more

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than eight and a half $1,000,000

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in improper loans. This

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includes a loan from bronze former company

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for one and a half million dollars.

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Federal auditors found five loans

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and 11 lines of credit from financial

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institutions showing Braun provided

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no collateral for these loans.

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The Federal Election Commission

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notes this means there was no

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guarantee those loans. Could be

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paid back. Brown's campaign says the fault

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belongs to the campaign's former treasurer.

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They also argued during the

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Federal Election Commission

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hearing that the loans were used,

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leak that loans used were in fact legal,

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yet they are still gathering

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documentation to prove it.

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So we've been digging into the

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lengthy draft report all day long.

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If you would like to read it,

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we have it for you now online at wthr.com.