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Posted by: Stacey Shrader Joslin on Nov 9, 2022

News Channel 5 is raising questions about a part-time employee in the Nashville district attorneys’ office who allegedly works very little but receives a $75,000 annual salary. A piece by Phil Williams suggests that Michael Brook frequently lists his work hours as occurring in the “middle of the night when no one else is around” and is “almost never recorded swiping through the office security system, logging into the computer system or sending an email.” Brook previously was finance director for the office until retiring in January 2020. Within days, though, the station says, he was submitting part time hours for compensation, and has consistently submitted them every single week for more than two years. When asked about Brook, Funk told the station, “Michael Brook is an important member of our office, has been for years."