Conservative Blogger To Be Released From Jail On Bond

Flanked by law officers, conservative blogger Clayton Thomas Kelly, 28 of Pearl, Miss.,is escorted in Madison, Miss., city court, Thursday, May 22, 2014, for a hearing on allegations that he took photos of Rose Cochr... Flanked by law officers, conservative blogger Clayton Thomas Kelly, 28 of Pearl, Miss.,is escorted in Madison, Miss., city court, Thursday, May 22, 2014, for a hearing on allegations that he took photos of Rose Cochran, the ailing wife of U.S. Sen. Thad Cochran, R-Miss., without her permission at the nursing home where she's lived for 13 years. Kelly is charged with exploitation, filming without permission and conspiracy. Madison County District Attorney Michael Guest says Mark Mayfield, a member of the board of the Central Mississippi Tea Party, and Richard Sager of Laurel were also arrested as suspects Thursday in the investigation of photos taken of the ailing wife of U.S. Sen. Thad Cochran. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis) MORE LESS
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Conservative political blogger “Constitutional” Clayton Kelly will be released from jail on a bond of $75,000, the Clarion Ledger reported on Thursday.

Kelly is being released on Thursday.

The bond for Kelly, who has been at the center of an ongoing investigation in connection with the photographing of Sen. Thad Cochran’s (R-MS) wife to use her image in an anti-Cochran video, was previously set at $200,000 but Kelly’s lawyer appealed the decision.

Kelly is one of four men who have been arrested in connection to taking Rose Cochran’s picture. He and the other three men are all supporters of Cochran’s primary challenger, state Sen. Chris McDaniel (R-MS).

The primary is on June 3.

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