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    Sedgwick County lawmaker faces federal fraud trial

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    FILE - In this March 24, 2015, file photo, then Kansas state Sen. Michael O'Donnell, a Wichita Republican, speaks to a colleague at the Statehouse in Topeka, Kan. Kansas Gov. Sam Brownback says his office received a letter Wednesday, Feb. 15, 2017, saying federal officials had intercepted calls to his office from O'Donnell, a former state senator now serving on the Sedgwick County Commission. The governor said the letter from the U.S. Department of Justice is similar to one that news reporters and others in Wichita have received. Donnell told reporters Wednesday he was shocked to learn that his phone was tapped in 2015 when he was in the Senate. (AP Photo/Nicholas Clayton, File)

    WICHITA — A former Kansas legislator accused of fraudulently taking $10,500 from campaign funds for his personal use goes to trial Monday in federal court in Wichita.

    Sedgwick County Commissioner Michael O’Donnell has pleaded not guilty to 23 counts of wire fraud and three counts of money laundering related to his state and county campaign funds.

    His trial is expected to last five days.

    O’Donnell, a Wichita Republican, was elected to the Kansas State Senate in 2012 for a term that ended in January 2017. He did not run for re-election and instead ran for and won a seat on the Sedgwick County Commission. His term began in 2017 and is set to expire in 2020.

    He remains free on bond and continues to serve as county commissioner.

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