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Corrine Brown sentenced to 5 years in prison
news4jax.com ^ | December 4, 2017 | y Garrett Pelican - Digital executive producer , Destiny McKeiver - Multi-media journalist , Lynnsey

Posted on 12/04/2017 8:28:12 AM PST by rdl6989

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. - Former U.S. Rep. Corrine Brown will spend five years in federal prison for her role in a federal corruption conspiracy that involved stealing hundreds of thousands of dollars from a fake education charity for needy children.

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TOPICS: Extended News; US: Florida
KEYWORDS: cbc; corrinebrown; corruptdems; florida; fraud; partisanmediashills
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To: rdl6989

Bye!


41 posted on 12/04/2017 8:46:07 AM PST by RushIsMyTeddyBear (Screw The NFL!!!!!! My family fought for the flag!)
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To: rdl6989

In his sentencing order, [District Judge Timothy] Corrigan explained that he “seriously considered” honoring the request for probation, but that in the end he didn’t think that would be appropriate for her crimes.

“A sentence of probation for a member of Congress convicted of 18 counts involving mail, wire, and tax fraud would not be sufficient,” Corrigan wrote. “While I do not relish the prospect of incarcerating Ms. Brown at her relatively advanced age, she has given the court no other option because she chose to commit these serious crimes at a relatively advanced age.”


42 posted on 12/04/2017 8:46:54 AM PST by COBOL2Java (John McCain treats GOP voters like he treated his first wife)
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To: csvset

Probably 18 months.

Unless she were to write a tell-all book about Hillary .... or send some of the DNC’s emails to Wikileaks.....


43 posted on 12/04/2017 8:47:20 AM PST by SaveFerris (Luke 17:28 ... as it was in the days of Lot; they did eat, they drank, they bought, they sold ......)
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To: Soul of the South
That video made me laugh so hard I had to stop watching...I was going to wet myself...🤣😂
44 posted on 12/04/2017 8:49:07 AM PST by Geronimo (God Bless America and President Donald J. Trump...)
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To: rdl6989

Look for her hospitalization due to stress today


45 posted on 12/04/2017 8:51:27 AM PST by ReaganGeneration2
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To: rdl6989

This is what the NFL players should be protesting about. Hillary skates, while black politicians go to jail. This lack of fairness is something I could agree with.


46 posted on 12/04/2017 8:52:22 AM PST by alternatives? (Why have an army if there are no borders?)
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To: SaveFerris

That looks like it could be a scene photo from Sanford and Son.


47 posted on 12/04/2017 8:53:40 AM PST by Enterprise (Do away with all symbols of past slavery. Start with the Democrat Party.)
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To: Soul of the South

I’m surprised she’s smart enough to draw breath without help. This speaks volumes to the voters who put her in office. Still, the first prize still has to go to Congressman Hank Johnson who argued in a Congressional hearing that if we put more troops on Guam, Guam runs the risk of “tipping over”. (https://www.snopes.com/politics/quotes/guamtip.asp)


48 posted on 12/04/2017 8:53:43 AM PST by econjack
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To: daler

Right. They (the media) sounded both perplexed and doubtful when they heard about it.

Of course, people like you and I have recognized this for decades, but to them, well, they live in their little bubbles...:)


49 posted on 12/04/2017 8:57:12 AM PST by rlmorel (Liberals: American Liberty is the egg that requires breaking to make their Utopian omelette.)
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To: rdl6989

She will be hospitalized a few days before they schedule her incarceration...


51 posted on 12/04/2017 8:58:12 AM PST by Popman (My sin was great, Your love was greater  What could separate us now…)
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To: Enterprise

You mean like this?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CoSrKLTx_ao


52 posted on 12/04/2017 9:02:15 AM PST by vette6387
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To: COBOL2Java

Corrigan is a Boosh II appointee.


53 posted on 12/04/2017 9:03:31 AM PST by vette6387
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To: Soul of the South

And we wonder why Congress doesn’t get stuff done.


54 posted on 12/04/2017 9:03:36 AM PST by GnuThere
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To: econjack

Yeah, I worried for years that Ole Hank would procreate with Maxine Waters. Now she’s past the time when she can “drop any human crap” on the country.


55 posted on 12/04/2017 9:04:57 AM PST by vette6387
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To: econjack

Still, the first prize still has to go to Congressman Hank Johnson who argued in a Congressional hearing that if we put more troops on Guam, Guam runs the risk of “tipping over”.

The video of Congressman Johnson and his Guam comments:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cesSRfXqS1Q


56 posted on 12/04/2017 9:21:08 AM PST by Soul of the South (The past is gone and cannot be changed. Tomorrow can be a better day if we work on it.)
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To: rdl6989

I’m in a public location with FNN on TV. You’d never know this happened.


57 posted on 12/04/2017 9:25:28 AM PST by MountainWalker
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To: rdl6989

any perp walk footage?


58 posted on 12/04/2017 9:34:01 AM PST by Archytekt
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To: vette6387

That’s probably why Brown only got 5 years.


59 posted on 12/04/2017 9:39:42 AM PST by COBOL2Java (John McCain treats GOP voters like he treated his first wife)
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To: vette6387

On second thought, the fact that the sentencing judge is a Bush appointee will be a perfect angle for the media: “Hard working, elderly African-American Congresswoman cruelly sentenced to five years hard time in a federal prison by a Republican-appointed judge.”

You know they’re going to run with it!


60 posted on 12/04/2017 9:45:49 AM PST by COBOL2Java (John McCain treats GOP voters like he treated his first wife)
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