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JACKSONVILLE, Fla. - A tearful Corrine Brown made her plea to the court Thursday afternoon, asking the judge to consider all she has done in her life and to show “mercy and compassion.” Brown, 71, was convicted in May of 18 counts of conspiracy, fraud and filing false tax returns. She said those charges run contrary to everything she's ever done in her life, and that she considers her decades of public service an honor and a privilege. Corrine Brown Headlines Corrine Brown with her attorney, James-Smith Corrine Brown's attorney: People 'deserve second chances' After tears, tough questions, Corrine Brown...

Florida Rep. Corrine Brown has been indicted and will be appear in federal court in Jacksonville on Friday, according to First Coast News. The Jacksonville television station, citing "multiple sources," said the indictment remains sealed. It had been known publicly since March that Brown, a Democrat, was facing a Department of Justice Investigation related to "fraudulent activities," and whether or not she improperly solicited charitable donations and misused campaign funds. DOJ officials asked the House Ethics Committee to halt a separate investigation while they conducted their probe. The target of the investigation has not been identified, but Brown does have...

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JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — A man provoked a confrontation Saturday when he tried to drop off several sandbags at the opening of U.S. Rep. Corrine Brown's Northside campaign headquarters. When Jerod Powers walked into the event at the Gateway Mall with several sandbags, he was confronted by several Brown supporters. "We know it's hurricane season and she might need a few more," said Powers as he tried to unload the sandbags. Powers' reference was to an incident in August 2008 when city workers and county inmates delivered sandbags to Brown's home to protect it from rising water during Tropical Storm Fay....

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. -- A city councilman on Sunday joined what has become a storm of controversy over whether U.S. Rep. Corrine Brown, D-Jacksonville, got special treatment when city work crews delivered sandbags to her home Friday as Tropical Storm Fay was bearing down on Jacksonville. Brown Admits calling Mayor John Peyton's office for help, but denied any inappropriate use of her power or influence. "I had to call and call and call, just like anybody else," Brown told Channel 4's Diane Cho. "I had to call several times before I got anybody." The mayor's chief of staff, Adam Hollingsworth, said...

Insurance agent C. Bryant, a poll watcher from Goldwater days, just came in and reminded me of a time when democratic candidates would hold rallies within walking distance of the polling place on election day...firing up the base and reminding them to "just remember two names in the voting booth"...usually the president and a local rep. or senator. In Corrine's case, she would have reminded her constituents to just remember "Gore and Brown"... If you follow the link, you will see a list of third party candidates from the 2000 race, including an old white man, socialist Walt Brown. Almost...

February 26, 2004 MORE SHAMEFUL RACIST REMARKS FROM A MEMBER OF CONGRESS: U.S. Rep. Corrine Brown verbally attacked a top Bush administration official during a briefing on the Haiti crisis Wednesday, calling the President's policy on the beleaguered nation "racist" and his representatives "a bunch of white men." Her outburst was directed at Assistant Secretary of State Roger Noriega during a closed-door meeting on Capitol Hill. Noriega, a Mexican-American, is the State Department's top official for Latin America. . . .Noriega later told Brown: "As a Mexican-American, I deeply resent being called a racist and branded a white man," according...

<p>The vast majority of members of Congress from North Florida and South Georgia are in support of President Bush's plan to take military action against Iraq if necessary, but a Jacksonville congresswoman is an outspoken exception.</p> <p>Rep. Corrine Brown, D-Fla., addressed the House yesterday and scolded the president for pushing an attack on Iraq without support from American citizens, the United Nations and the rest of the world.</p>