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Former Gregg County GOP chair sentenced to year in federal prison

Timmy Lynn Vaughn was sentenced by Judge Jeremy Kernodle in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas.
Credit: Les Hassell, Longview News-Journal

TYLER, Texas — The former chairman of the Gregg County Republican Party has been sentenced to a year in prison for forging his wife's signature on loan applications.

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Timmy Lynn Vaughn was sentenced by Judge Jeremy Kernodle in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas. The Thursday sentencing was in the Tyler federal courthouse. 

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