The Marietta Daily Journal – Marietta attorneys face off at hearing for Rep Tyrone Brooks

ATLANTA (AP) — A panel appointed by the Georgia governor decided Friday that state Rep. Tyrone Brooks, who’s facing federal wire and mail fraud charges, should not be suspended from office.

The panel said in a two-paragraph report to Gov. Nathan Deal that it reviewed the indictment and determined the accusations did not relate to the performance or activities of Brooks’ office.

Brooks referred requests for comment to his lawyer, former Gov. Roy Barnes, who did not immediately return a phone call Friday.

Barnes clashed with [Republican Attorney General Sam] Olens briefly when the attorney general told him he wouldn’t be allowed to call or cross examine witnesses during the hearing.

via The Marietta Daily Journal – Marietta attorneys face off at hearing for Rep Tyrone Brooks.