Why can't they just steal a little, making money is so hard.
Posted on 05/04/2017 9:42:10 PM PDT by Olog-hai
Facing nearly two dozen federal fraud and conspiracy charges, former U.S. Rep. Corrine Brown took the stand in her own defense on Thursday, saying she was left in the dark while her former chief of staff siphoned thousands of dollars from what prosecutors are calling a sham charity.
The Florida Democrat told the jury she was betrayed by her former top aide, Elias “Ronnie” Simmons. “I loved Ronnie Simmons like a son,” said Brown, crying. “A lot of young people in this community end up in jail. I never would’ve wanted that to happen to Ronnie.”
Federal prosecutors want Brown to go to jail for a scheme to raise more than $800,000 for the One Door for Education Foundation, which promised that the money would go to help poor kids with scholarships and computers. Instead, the charity gave only $1,200 out in scholarships while Brown, Simmons and the foundation’s president Carla Wiley spent funds on a lavish lifestyle, according to their indictments.
Brown also is charged with lying on her taxes about charitable donations the government said she never made, and falsifying her congressional financial disclosure forms. …
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Go Gataw.
Looks like some of the older people in that community should end up in jail, too.
Looks like Corrine has been drinking too much “Kool Aide”.
Why can't they just steal a little, making money is so hard.
That’d take a huge mind change resulting in a conversion away from liberalism.
It’s all de fault of dat Ronnie Simmons, who was taking advantage of an old lady, and who’s skin tone be very very light.
Maybe she can have Maxine Waters testify as a character witness.
Maybe she can have Maxine Waters testify as a character witness.
She has been doing this crap for a long time and getting away with it. I hope she gets 20 years.
It’s a “banner day” here on FR! Three of the last four posts involve some form of serious felony activity (ie. fraud, rape, murder threat) brought to us all by the “Communities of Color.” We must be “rasists,” cuz there must be some white people doin’ stuff too!
It looks like they share the same wig maker.
Isn’t this the hag who always argued with Fred on Sanford and Son?
You beat me to it. Thought the same thing about the wig. Why do black women wear wigs anyway?
You just cannot get quality conk these days.
I can’t believe this hasn’t come over my transom.
A Florida lawmaker is on trial? I guess this is another example of the media bias even in local news.
I have seen NOTHING about this Democrat being prosecuted in Florida news.
Such bitter bias exists in the media. Republicans who get tipsy and use the same language as black Democrats are publicly hounded out of office, but Democrats who face criminal charges are ignored.
Women, black, arrogant, untouchable! ok you can go
Seriously?!!! Because they HATE their hair.
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