Date Set for Commission to Review Charges against Representative Tyrone Brooks

Attorney General Sam Olens sent the following information:

Who:
House Minority Leader Stacey Abrams (D-Atlanta)
Senate Minority Leader Steve Henson (D-Tucker)
Attorney General Sam Olens

Where:
40 Capitol Square, SW
Coleman Conference Room (3rd floor)
Atlanta, GA 30334

When:
Friday, June 28, 2013
11:00 am

What:
The commission appointed by Governor Deal on June 14, 2013, will meet to review charges against Rep. Tyrone Brooks (D-Atlanta). The commission hearing is open to the public.

Charges filed against Brooks by the U.S. Attorney’s Office triggered a provision in the state constitution that requires the Governor to appoint a commission consisting of the state attorney general, one state representative, and one state senator. The commission will decide whether the indictment relates to and adversely affects the administration of the office of the indicted public official and whether the rights and interests of the public are adversely affected. If the commission makes such a determination, then the Governor shall suspend the public official immediately.

Link to the executive order here.