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Rep. Corrine Brown (D-FL) indicted in fraud case over charity 'slush fund'
FoxNews.com ^
| 7-July-2016
| AP
Posted on 07/08/2016 12:40:10 PM PDT by topher
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – U.S. Rep. Corrine Brown of Florida and her chief of staff have been charged with multiple fraud and other federal offenses in a grand jury indictment unsealed Friday after a federal investigation into a fraudulent charity with ties to the congresswoman.
Brown, a 69-year-old Democrat, was to appear later Friday in Jacksonville federal court on charges of mail and wire fraud, conspiracy, obstruction and filing of false tax returns. She has represented a Jacksonville-based congressional district since 1993 and is seeking re-election in a newly-redrawn district.
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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Extended News; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; US: Florida
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Apparently still running for re-election. Will she demand to get out of jail to serve in Congress.
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posted on
07/08/2016 12:40:10 PM PDT
by
topher
To: topher
Has Obama pardoned her already?
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posted on
07/08/2016 12:41:38 PM PDT
by
dfwgator
To: topher
Is she the woman with all the big loud hats?
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posted on
07/08/2016 12:42:45 PM PDT
by
rhinohunter
(Dear OANN: PLEASE move the lovely Liz Wheeler up by 1 hour)
To: rhinohunter
To: topher
I bet she's one of Hillary's super-delegates.
To: topher
Yes, but did she intend to break the law here?
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posted on
07/08/2016 12:44:19 PM PDT
by
Lou L
(Health "insurance" is NOT the same as health "care")
To: topher
great, every story on this one should include some comparisons to the far far larger Clinton Foundation charity slush fund.
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posted on
07/08/2016 12:45:30 PM PDT
by
Enchante
(Hillary's new campaign slogan: "Guilty as hell, free as a bird!! Laws are for peasants!")
To: topher
Never heard of her.
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posted on
07/08/2016 12:45:47 PM PDT
by
SaveFerris
(Be a blessing to a stranger today for some have entertained angels unaware)
To: topher
>>Will she demand to get out of jail to serve in Congress.
Nah. Most of her constituents live there.
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posted on
07/08/2016 12:47:14 PM PDT
by
Bryanw92
(If we had some ham, we could have ham and eggs, if we had some eggs.)
To: topher
What’s the big deal? I’m sure she never intended to commit a crime.
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posted on
07/08/2016 12:49:01 PM PDT
by
pgkdan
(The Silent Majority Stands With TRUMP!)
To: topher
She should have called her charity a "foundation".
Hillary and Bill are getting away it.
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posted on
07/08/2016 12:55:38 PM PDT
by
StormEye
To: topher
Old-time Corrine watchers will remember: she is so crooked she once had Nigerians sending her money.
True dat.
To: topher
How convenient! Her lawyer can use the, ‘Hillary! I Din Do Nuffin’ defense right out of the gate! Our first test case!
*SPIT*
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posted on
07/08/2016 1:05:11 PM PDT
by
Diana in Wisconsin
(I don't have 'Hobbies.' I'm developing a robust Post-Apocalyptic skill set...)
To: topher
“... into a fraudulent charity...”
Calling Captain FBI Obvious, how about the Clinton Global Crime Initiative Foundation money laundering, influence peddling, and bribery “charity”?
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posted on
07/08/2016 1:14:50 PM PDT
by
RetiredTexasVet
(The Mofia is a private crime family; whereas, the DOJ is the gov't's political crime family.)
To: topher
And the white girl is careless and off the hook, das rasis
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posted on
07/08/2016 2:03:45 PM PDT
by
ronnie raygun
(without the 1st we have no second)
To: topher
Will demand the Clinton verdict since we’re talking about slush funds. Those Clintons do set precedents.
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posted on
07/08/2016 2:05:57 PM PDT
by
ReleaseTheHounds
("The problem with Socialism is that eventually you run out of other people's money." M. Thatcher)
To: topher
She may very well be re-elected (though she was redistricted, so that is up in the air). After all, Alcee Hastings (a Black Representative in South Florida) was one of a the minuscule number of Federal Judges IMPEACHED for corruption by the Congress but was rapidly voted in as a Representative shortly thereafter and has served for many years!
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posted on
07/08/2016 2:16:52 PM PDT
by
ExSES
(the "bottom-line")
To: topher
Nothing here; this is one of the most popular of all Floridians.
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posted on
07/08/2016 2:25:37 PM PDT
by
Theodore R.
(Trump-Santorum and Paul Nehlen 2016)
To: Theodore R.
Hillary and Bill told her how easy it is to scam money from a so called charity
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posted on
07/08/2016 2:47:03 PM PDT
by
Hojczyk
To: topher
But she did not mean to commit a crime so she should not be charged......
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