The Latest: Ramsey among GOP investors in Miller company

FILE - In this Oct. 23, 2012, file photo, Republican donor Andy Miller Jr., front, and brother Tracy Miller listen to proceedings at a meeting of the Tennessee Registry of Election Finance in Nashville, Tenn. State Sen. Mark Green, a leading contender for governor in 2018, says he is re-evaluating his financial ties to the Millers after they agreed in September 2016 to pay $7.8 million to settle allegations of defrauding a federal military health care program (AP Photo/Erik Schelzig) FILE - In this Oct. 23, 2012, file photo, Republican donor Andy Miller Jr., front, and brother Tracy Miller listen to proceedings at a meeting of the Tennessee Registry of Election Finance in Nashville, Tenn. State Sen. Mark Green, a leading contender for governor in 2018, says he is re-evaluating his financial ties to the Millers after they agreed in September 2016 to pay $7.8 million to settle allegations of defrauding a federal military health care program (AP Photo/Erik Schelzig)

By Associated Press October 28, 2016 2 min read

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) – The Latest on lawmaker investments into companies run by Republican donor Andy Miller Jr. (all times local):

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Senate Speaker Ron Ramsey is one of at least seven current and former Republican state lawmakers with financial ties to a prominent GOP donor who recently settled a federal fraud case involving the U.S. military’s health care program.

Ramsey, who isn’t running for re-election next month, is an investor in Correct Chemo. The company is affiliated with Diatech Oncology, a Franklin-based company founded by donor Andy Miller Jr.’s father.

Ramsey spokesman Adam Kleinheider called Miller “a long-time conservative activist and friend” of the senator’s. Kleinheider says Miller never lobbied Ramsey.