Path: bloom-picayune.mit.edu!snorkelwacker.mit.edu!americast.com!americast.com!americast-post Newsgroups: americast.twt.news From: americast-post@AmeriCast.Com Organization: American Cybercasting Approved: americast-post@AmeriCast.com Subject: Braun, officials discuss controversy over check Date: Wed, 28 Oct 92 15:01:10 EST Message-ID: \SE A;NATION \SS (WS) \HD Braun, officials discuss controversy over check \BY Kathleen Best and Patrick E. Gauen \CR ST. LOUIS POST-DISPATCH \DT CHICAGO CHICAGO - An attorney for Senate candidate Carol Moseley Braun met behind closed doors for more than an hour yesterday with state welfare officials and then slipped out a back door, ducking reporters' questions. Mrs. Braun, a Democrat, had said she hoped the meeting would end questions about her handling of a $28,750 royalty check for her mother, Edna Moseley, while Mrs. Moseley was getting state-paid medical care at a posh Chicago nursing home. Instead of providing answers, yesterday's meeting revived troubling questions just as Mrs. Braun's Senate campaign entered its final week. Neither Mrs. Braun nor her mother reported the royalty payment to the Department of Public Aid, which paid for Mrs. Moseley's care. And Mrs. Braun has given conflicting stories on the division of the money among herself, her sister and her brother. State officials have asked for documents from Mrs. Braun and her family to determine whether Mrs. Moseley must reimburse the state for some of her taxpayer-financed care. Braun campaign officials said they had provided all the material yesterday that the state had requested. But Mrs. Braun's attorney and state officials declined to comment on the meeting. Questions surrounding the episode temporarily sent Mrs. Braun's support tumbling when a television station first reported details earlier this month. That falloff has stabilized, but Mrs. Braun has been plagued for weeks by questions about the affair and has been unable to put it behind her. Mrs. Braun's Republican opponent, Richard Williamson, tried to fan the flames yesterday. "She could have put this behind her a long time ago, but she didn't," Mr. Williamson said. He said Mrs. Braun waited until one week before the election to provide documents she promised long ago to the state. * Distributed by Scripps Howard. This article is copyright 1992 The Washington Times. Redistribution to other sites is not permitted except by arrangement with American Cybercasting Corporation. For more information, send-email to usa@AmeriCast.COM