When two-term Rep. Henry E. Brown Jr. (R-S.C.) burned brush on his Cordesville tree farm March 5, gusts of wind blew the fire onto the adjacent Francis Marion National Forest, causing at least $4,000 in damage to 20 acres.
On Sept. 8 came some unexpected fallout.
In a detailed 'whistle-blower' complaint sent to the U.S. Department of Agriculture's inspector general, two law enforcement officials with the department's Forest Service charged that Brown used his influence with top USDA and Forest Service officials to get a $250 fine for the incident quashed.
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