BATON ROUGE [AP] — Baton Rouge state Rep. Michael Jackson says he will fight state ethics charges related to his law firm doing legal work for the state’s insurer of last resort.
Jackson said Tuesday he plans to ask the Ethics Adjudicatory Board to dismiss charges on the grounds that they were untimely filed by the Louisiana Board of Ethics.
Jackson’s appeal would be the third high-profile case to be challenged by elected officials who claim the charges against them were untimely filed.
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In documents made public Monday, the Ethics Board alleged that Jackson failed to disclose his law firm’s receipt of $46,929 from Louisiana Citizens Property Insurance Corp. in 2006.
