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Ethics official doesn’t appear before grand jury in probe of loans to Gov’s campaign

courtTOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — A Kansas ethics official subpoenaed as part of an inquiry into loans to Gov. Sam Brownback’s re-election campaign hasn’t appeared before a federal grand jury.

Governmental Ethics Commission Executive Director Carol Williams confirmed she was in her office Wednesday morning when the grand jury appeared to be meeting at the federal courthouse in Topeka. She attended a legislative committee meeting in the afternoon.

She declined to comment further.

Williams received a subpoena last month, commanding her to appear before the grand jury and produced documents.

The subpoena did not specify which loans the grand jury is examining, but the only ones listed in reports for 2013 and 2014 were three, separate $500,000 loans from Lt. Gov. Jeff Colyer and a $200,000 loan form Brownback and his wife.

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