Political Twist to the Background Check Scandal in Tennessee

The State Trooper investigation into background checks has now taken a political twist.

We told you how the department of safety was investigating a trooper for unauthorized background checks.

State lawmakers were paying close attention.. And now we know why.

A democratic political activist now says it was him, not the trooper, who dropped off court records on a lawmaker's desk.

Those records disclosed a DUI case against Republican A.J. McCall who was running for the state house.

Keith Talley is the political director of the House caucus.

He tells the Associated Press that he dropped off the documents on the House Minority leader.

It was seen as a threat against Republicans.

Talley calls his actions standard "political hardball."

The Highway Patrol found that their trooper did look up unauthorized information on more than 180 people.

But those victims weren't politicians (but they did include 2 journalists and a country music stat).

Talley says he got his information through legal, public documents at the courthouse.