Housing Official Probed Over Hiring of His Friend

Deseret News (Salt Lake City) › October 05, 2007

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WASHINGTON (AP) -- The FBI is examining the ties between Housing Secretary Alphonso Jackson and a friend who was paid $392,000 by Jackson's department as a construction manager in New Orleans, three federal law enforcement officials said Thursday.

Jackson's friend got the job after the HUD secretary asked a staff member to pass along his name to the Housing Authority of New Orleans, a spokesman for Jackson said in a statement.

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Housing Official Probed Over Hiring of His Friend

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