NASHVILLE, Tenn. — A lawmaker’s $10,000 campaign contribution and a resolution he introduced this year in the Tennessee legislature are reviving questions about foreign influences on Tennessee’s Capitol Hill, according to a report by Nashville NewsChannel 5.
During a hurried legislative session dominated by all sorts of contentious issues, state Rep. Joe Towns found time to introduce a House resolution — HR 145 — calling for national support for the country of Azerbaijan.
“Let me tell you where it came from — it actually came from friends that I know that are from Azerbaijan,” the Memphis Democrat told NewsChannel 5 Investigates.
Towns claimed that he agreed to introduce the resolution because Azerbaijan is a U.S. ally.
NewsChannel 5 Investigates looked at Towns’ campaign reports and discovered he introduced the resolution just two weeks after he got a total of $10,000 in campaign contributions from people out of Texas with ties to the Azerbaijani community.
NewsChannel 5 investigation discovered that a Turkish-Azerbaijani cultural center in Houston appears to be the common connection for all seven of the contributors, who reportedly gave either $1,000 or $1,500 each to Towns’ campaign.
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Tennessee Lawmaker Introduces Pro-Azerbaijani Resolution after Receiving $10K Contribution
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