Rep. Brown's ethics query on hold
By Bruce I. Friedland
Times-Union staff writer,
The ethics investigation against Brown stems from a $50,000 Lexus that Brown's daughter received from an African businessman facing a prison sentence.
Brown lobbied the Justice Department to deport the businessman rather than send him to prison. The man, convicted of trying to bribe customs officials to allow him to ship helicopters out of the country, went to prison.
After reports about the Lexus surfaced, Brown's daughter sold the car and donated the proceeds to charity.
That, I believe.