BATON ROUGE, La. ( Louisiana Illuminator ) – The Louisiana Board of Ethics on Friday dropped formal charges against Gov. Jeff Landry for failing to disclose flights he took on a political donor’s private plane while he was attorney general.

Instead, Landry agreed to admit publicly to other instances in which he failed to disclose free travel he accepted as attorney general. The board also fined the governor $900, though Landry could have faced tens of thousands of dollars of fines for failing to disclose the complementary travel. ( Read the consent opinion below )

Landry submitted 19 forms to the state ethics administration disclosing free travel and accommodations he has accepted as governor and attorney general. The total value of the gifted travel was $13,540, according to the doc

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