Panel reviews Rep. Tyrone Brooks' case

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Photos: 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.

Attorney General Sam Olens (background left) speaks to Rep. Tyrone Brooks (foreground left) and Former Gov. Roy Barnes (foreground right) as other panel House Minority Leader Stacey Abrams (center) and Senate Minority Leader Steve Henson (right) sit during a hearing on Friday, June 28, 2013.

Rep. Tyrone Brooks waits for the panel appointed by Gov. Nathan Deal before a hearing on Friday, June 28, 2013. 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.

Attorney General Sam Olens speaks during a hearing on Friday, June 28, 2013. The U.S. Attorney's office alleges that Brooks used contributions meant for those charities for his personal expenses.

Former Gov. Roy Barnes (left) speaks as Rep. Tyrone Brooks looks during a hearing on Friday, June 28, 2013. 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.

Former Gov. Roy Barnes (left) speaks as Rep. Tyrone Brooks reacts during a hearing on Friday, June 28, 2013. Brooks, D-Atlanta, faces 30 federal charges of wire, tax and mail fraud related to his work with a pair of charities. The U.S. Attorney's office alleges that Brooks used contributions meant for those charities for his personal expenses.

Attorney General Sam Olens leaves a conference room after the hearing on Friday, June 28, 2013.

Former Gov. Roy Barnes (left) speaks to members of press as Rep. Tyrone Brooks (second from left) looks after the hearing on Friday, June 28, 2013. Brooks, D-Atlanta, faces 30 federal charges of wire, tax and mail fraud related to his work with a pair of charities. The U.S. Attorney's office alleges that Brooks used contributions meant for those charities for his personal expenses.

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Attorney General Sam Olens (background left) speaks to Rep. Tyrone Brooks (foreground left) and Former Gov. Roy Barnes (foreground right) as other panel House Minority Leader Stacey Abrams (center) and Senate Minority Leader Steve Henson (right) sit during a hearing on Friday, June 28, 2013.

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