Posted on 12/04/2017 9:02:51 AM PST by Hojczyk
Former U.S. Rep. Corrine Brown was sentenced Monday to five years in federal prison for fraud and tax crimes that included raising about $800,000 for a sham charity.
Brown’s longtime chief of staff, Ronnie Simmons, was sentenced to 48 months in prison, and the charity’s founder, One Door for Education President Carla Wiley, was sentenced to 21 months.
U.S. District Judge Timothy Corrigan said he believed Brown used her position in Congress to achieve an “admirable record of service.” However, he also said she abused the trust of that office in order carry out a criminal conspiracy.
“This is a sad day for everyone,” Corrigan told Brown shortly after sentencing her. “I was impressed with all the outpouring of support for you, and I think it’s a tribute to all the work you’ve done over the years. That’s what makes this all the more tragic.”
“This was a crime born out of entitlement and greed committed to ensure a lifestyle that was beyond their means,” Corrigan said. “Just think of the good that could have been done with that money if it would have been used for its intended purpose.”
Corrigan ordered Brown to report to prison no earlier than Jan. 8 to an as-yet undetermined prison, but allowed her to remain free until then.
Brown’s attorney, James Smith of Orlando, argued for probation and said Brown would appeal the sentence.
An appeal may not keep the 12-term congresswoman from going behind bars, however. Federal rules say Brown should begin serving her time while the appeal is pending unless the judge finds the defense is raising substantial issues that are likely to result in a new trial or a sentence shorter than the time he’ll need to decide the appeal.
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dey be owed..
Find me an article on Tim Murphy, PA where Republican is not emphasized.
...or what criminal state kept re-electing her...
like most professional athlete's "foundations"... the majority use it as a tax scheme/skim... pay out 10% max and pocket the rest tax-free as admin fees. Sounds... Clintonish. They paved the way and still get away with it. Who can blame the rest for following?
And nowhere did they print she’s a demonrat.
I like how they accidentally forgot to note this turd is a Democrat. Just a coincidence, I’m sure. Jacksonville.com, your treasonous proclivities are showing.
Good one
Brown didn’t do anything the Clintons haven’t done. She just wasn’t as good at it.
The swamp is draining.
HA HA
She is so ugly that makes it even more funnier.
You could roll her face in dough and make gorilla cookies!!
When will “MAD” Maxine and “BIG” Sheila get theirs?
Thread winner!!
I too have been saying leftists/dems are synonymous with corruption. One is the same at the other and now there's good evidence building that leftist have no conscience so in their minds they can do no wrong whereas right thinking people do have a conscience and moral compass.
It's all coming together to mean there's something very different in the leftist brain that is truly a mental illness; deranged if you will.
This is the kind of thing scientists, proven to be non biased, should be working on and finding a way to correct this mental problem with the left.
Looks a lot like Mad Marxist Maxine. Birds of a feather.
Yep. At least the judge got it right when he described is a “a crime born out of entitlement and greed”.
Just another welfare queen scamming the government.
Worst part is that we will still be paying to support her for the next five years.
Yeah, I bet she hated Bush and Trump, too. When is Rep Wilson going to get indited. I’m sure she’s got skeletons if anybody bothered to look. How can she afford all of those large stupid cowboy hats?
Yeah, I bet she hated Bush and Trump, too. When is Rep Wilson going to get indited. I’m sure she’s got skeletons if anybody bothered to look. How can she afford all of those large stupid cowboy hats?
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