Posted on 12/04/2017 12:13:25 PM PST by Jacquerie
Corrine Brown, a former Florida congresswoman from Jacksonville, was sentenced to five years in prison for fraud and other charges related to a fake charity she used to put money in her own pocket while serving in Washington.
A federal judge sentenced Brown, 71, to five years in prison and she was ordered to turn herself in to federal authorities no later than Jan. 8.
First elected to the U.S. House of Representatives in 1993, Brown, a Democrat, served the Jacksonville area until 2017.
Brown was indicted on federal corruption charges in 2016 for stealing money from a fake charity organization, One Door For Education, which was created to give scholarships to poor children but instead was used as Brown and her friends’ personal slush fund.
Brown’s chief of staff Ronnie Simmons was also involved in the case and pleaded guilty to two counts of conspiracy and corruption felonies: conspiracy to commit fraud and theft of government funds.
Simmons testified against Brown as part of the plea deal. Brown, on the other hand, said she had no idea what was going on with the fake charity’s money and instead shifted the blame on to Simmons.
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Excellent point.
Yet the clintons aren’t even charged.
democrats are synonymous with corruption....they go hand in hand
she can have Fredericka in her red cowboy hat as a character witness
I was active duty, stationed in Jacksonville thirty-some years ago. I remember the horrid demagogue, Corrine Brown, stirring up blacks at every opportunity. She deserves every day of her sentence.
Long Distance Operator: “Collect call from US Rep. Conyers! Will you accept the charges?”
Brown to Operator: “Mmmmm-hmmm...”
Conyers to Brown: “We should hook up and move to Aruba. Can you meet me in Miami on New Year’s Eve?”
Brown to Conyers: “Mmmmm-hmmm!”...Is you bringin’ yo’ wyfe wiff you?”
Conyers to Operator: “Monica, getchya ass off the damned phone!”
She’ll seek asylum in Cuba or Venezuela.
Should be on the headlines of every news outlet, but alas, she has a “D” after her name so it will be hidden from sheep.
J.C. Watts !
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Not a woman.
Oh, boy.
She must be a Dem - the info doesn’t show til late in the article. One can only assume.
Five years for defrauding charitable contributors.....It was a nice pay day for her!!!
Sentenced two of her Staffers, too! Win/Win!
Now, if this were you or me, I’m pretty sure we’d be carted off to prison IMMEDIATELY after sentencing. This THIEF gets to spend Christmas and New Years with her family, then she can turn herself in on January 8th?!?!
Did I read elsewhere that she was charged with 18 felonies? And all she gets is 5 years?
Again, if this were you or me...
Hey headline space is important, but perhaps if it was an R, it might have fit.
If she wanted to be a real Hillary, she would also have to use the fake charity to launder bribes while keeping the records where she could destroy them with shredders, bleach bit, and/or hammers at subpoena-speed.
I watched it all. You owe me.
When will Poppy Bush and Bill Clinton go to jail for stealing from their fake “Haiti Earthquake Relief” fund?
At least she likely clipped most of her own stupid followers. Possible Pube voters in next election.
Not likely in my lifetime.
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