Rep. Tyrone Brooks, D-Atlanta, will remain in office while facing federal indictment, a three-member panel decided Friday.
The panel of Attorney General Sam Olens, a Republican, House Minority Leader Stacey Abrams, D-Atlanta, and Senate Minority Leader Steve Henson, D-Tucker, all voted not to suspend Brooks, Gov. Nathan Deal’s office told The Atlanta Journal-Constitution.
Former Gov. Roy Barnes earlier Friday accused Olens of toying with the state Constitution by barring him from calling witnesses at a hearing to decide if state Rep. Tyrone Brooks should be suspended from office.
Barnes wanted to cross examine government attorneys who were in the room, but Olens told him that was not allowed.Olens refused comment after the hearing.
via Panel unanimous; Rep. Brooks will not be suspended. | www.ajc.com.
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