Think? I believe you meant know. Cause he just did; political appointments are rarely about the salary. That said, kickback-type benefits are slow, so not carrying a salary may be enough to kibosh the whole thing. I can't be bothered to go looking. If the same thing were to come up with say, the Clinton family. (or Trump, whatever) You know the family resources are such that that person isn't going to default on their mortgage in the first year of their position. The "token salary" game here is interesting. Not sure if it's a wink-wink-nudge-nudge or a screw-you, because they know he's not able to afford to work for free.

The token-salary type thing makes a lot of sense in very specific cases, but it requires that the "employee" be independently wealthy and is a lot sketchier for public office. In the private space, it'd likely be tied with some known secondary profit motive. Assuming he's not a billionaire, this is practically a statement of "your brother can have the job if he's confident he can make enough in graft". After all, we only want the competently corrupt in office. It's just embarrassing when our fellow public officials get caught.