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    Judge asked to drop 5 remaining charges against O’Donnell

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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 motion has been filed asking a federal judge to drop five charges remaining against Sedgwick County Commissioner Michael O’Donnell’s.

    Jurors on Monday found O’Donnell not guilty of 21 counts of wire fraud but deadlocked on two counts of wire fraud and three counts of money laundering.

    A motion filed Wednesday asks U.S. District Judge Eric Melgren to dismiss those remaining counts without prejudice, meaning they could be refiled.

    Prosecutors are expected to announce Friday whether they will pursue the case.

    The Wichita Eagle reports O’Donnell said Wednesday he’s glad common sense prevailed but he’s sorry the legal action was such an expense for him and taxpayers.

    O’Donnell was indicted last year on charges that he misspent $10,500 during campaigns for state senate and the Sedgwick County Commission.

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