http://shark-tank.com/2017/05/12/corrine-brown-found-guilty-fraud/
[image: Description: http://shark-tank.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/brown-1200x600.jpg] May 12, 2017 Corrine Brown Found Guilty of Fraud Jurors in the federal fraud trial of former U.S. Rep. Corrine Brown came back with a guilty verdict on 18 of 22 counts she was charged with. *Brown and Ronnie Simmons, her chief of staff who previously pleaded guilty in the case, were named last year in a 24-count federal indictment <https://www.justice.gov/usao-mdfl/file/874106/download> relating to a scheme led by Brown in which she used her official post as a member of Congress to help solicit $800,000 in contributions for a sham education charity, One Door for Education.* *Brown even took the stand during her trial to plead her case and broke down at one point during the trial.* *The conviction came one day after a juror was removed by a judge for privately musing to another juror about “higher beings” during deliberations. The exact nature of the comment was unclear, but the removal of a juror during deliberations is often grounds for a defendant to attempt an appear. She will be sentenced later this summer.* *Brown was indicted last year — just as she was running in a newly drawn seat, Florida’s 5th congressional district. Brown had once described her prosecution as a ”*-Politico Sentencing is scheduled for later this summer. Read more about the Corrine Brown saga *here <http://shark-tank.com/?s=corrine%20brown>*. ------------------------------ [image: Avast logo] <https://www.avast.com/antivirus> This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. www.avast.com <https://www.avast.com/antivirus> <#m_4114246608886243368_m_-4502731798938005168_m_6392093142978174876_DAB4FAD8-2DD7-40BB-A1B8-4E2AA1F9FDF2> __._,_.___ ------------------------------ Posted by: "Beowulf" <[email protected]> ------------------------------ Visit Your Group <https://groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/grendelreport/info;_ylc=X3oDMTJmMXF0YjltBF9TAzk3MzU5NzE0BGdycElkAzIwMTk0ODA2BGdycHNwSWQDMTcwNTMyMzY2NwRzZWMDdnRsBHNsawN2Z2hwBHN0aW1lAzE0OTQ1OTA5OTM-> [image: Yahoo! Groups] <https://groups.yahoo.com/neo;_ylc=X3oDMTJlaHZiNG5uBF9TAzk3NDc2NTkwBGdycElkAzIwMTk0ODA2BGdycHNwSWQDMTcwNTMyMzY2NwRzZWMDZnRyBHNsawNnZnAEc3RpbWUDMTQ5NDU5MDk5Mw--> • Privacy <https://info.yahoo.com/privacy/us/yahoo/groups/details.html> • Unsubscribe <[email protected]?subject=Unsubscribe> • Terms of Use <https://info.yahoo.com/legal/us/yahoo/utos/terms/> __,_._,___ -- -- Thanks for being part of "PoliticalForum" at Google Groups. For options & help see http://groups.google.com/group/PoliticalForum * Visit our other community at http://www.PoliticalForum.com/ * It's active and moderated. Register and vote in our polls. * Read the latest breaking news, and more. --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "PoliticalForum" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
