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ATLANTA - The FOX 5 I-Team has learned a top airport official claims he had to attend a job interview with Mayor Kasim Reed's brother and a top airport vendor before he was hired as assistant general manager at the airport.

The mayor's brother, Tracy Reed, did not work for the city at the time.

The airport food vendor is Wassim Hojeij was a fundraiser for Mayor Kasim Reed and now mayoral hopeful Keisha Lance Bottoms.

Hojeij finds himself with a different mission this week, as the country reels from a devastating explosion that has killed more than people.

Restaurant and retail entrepreneur Mr. Wassim Hojeij was approved by the US State Department August 1, to serve as the state's first honorary consul.

Hartsfield-Jackson International AIrport is seeking approval to assign airport contracts held by Hojeij Branded Foods to Paradies Lagardère.

Wassim Hojeij was reported by the AJC as early as to be a member of host committees for Reed campaign events.

The airport vendor, Wassim Hojeij, said the story is simply not true.

Sara Henderson, director of good government group, Common Cause, was stunned to hear about the claim. She told us it wasn’t proper for the mayor’s brother, who resigned under fire from the city in 2012, to be involved in airport hiring.

“I think this looks like Kasim Reed is playing puppet master,” she said.

The applicant was Cortez Carter.

Last week the city Ethics officer found evidence Carter failed to disclose his personal and financial interest in a company owned by his wife, Charisse Carter.

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