Legal Times: Golf Green Fees and DOJ Grants

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J. Robert “Bob” Flores, who heads the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention at the Justice Department, today admitted that he accepted a round of golf from a group that eventually got a $500,000 grant from his office.

Flores repaid The First Tee nonprofit $159 in green fees from a 2006 outing at the Slammer & Squirrel Golf Course in St. Augustine, Fla. But congressional documents show the reimbursement occurred Wednesday afternoon, less than 24 hours before Flores testified before the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee.

Rep. Elijah Cummings (D-Md.) questioned Flores’ judgment and the appearance that he might have favored one group over another.

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