AP reports:
“Three times this year, a lobbyist sought help from Rep. Christopher Cannon [(R-UT)] for his clients and got it. The lobbyist was the congressman’s brother, Joseph Cannon.
“The Utah lawmaker acknowledges helping his brother’s clients, including pressing Congress last month to intervene in a business dispute over an Internet contract estimated to be worth as much as $1.3 billion. . .
“Cannon has a financial interest in his brother’s success: The lobbyist owes him more than $250,000, according to the lawmaker’s financial disclosure reports.”
Rep. Cannon denies the aid he gave his brother’s clients was improper. “The rules really come down to disclosure,” he told AP. “It’s easy to make the connections you made between me and my brother.”
