Posted on 11/17/2017 10:50:05 AM PST by DCBryan1
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.
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She said she's always striven to protect her name and reputation and apologized to the court, her family, friends and colleagues, saying she “never would have put anyone intentionally in this situation.”
Judge Timothy Corrigan vowed to do the best he can to impose a “sufficient” sentence that is “not greater than necessary” for the embattled former congresswoman, who listened Thursday as more than a dozen witnesses spoke to her character. I-TEAM: Corrine Brown asks for probation in federal corruption case I-TEAM: Scathing report pushes 'significant' sentence for Brown I-TEAM: What could Corrine Brown's life be like in prison? SKETCHES: Corrine Brown supporters describe her character Photo timeline: Corrine Brown's 24 years in Congress ends after federal…
She said she's always striven to protect her name and reputation and apologized to the court, her family, friends and colleagues, saying she “never would have put anyone intentionally in this situation.”
Judge Timothy Corrigan vowed to do the best he can to impose a “sufficient” sentence that is “not greater than necessary” for the embattled former congresswoman, who listened Thursday as more than a dozen witnesses spoke to her character.
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They painted a vastly different picture of the woman prosecutors described as greedy and corrupt in their efforts to ensure Brown spends time behind bars.
One Brown supporter told Corrigan that for the lead prosecutor to describe Brown in such terms shows that “he doesn't know her.”
Supporters who said they do know Brown called her:
Go Gata!
I’m a Democrat! Where’s my “get out of jail free” card?
“I’m all for raising taxes but I sure ain’t paying them my-dam-self”
An a____Le her entire life, but now folks, please show HER mercy.
The gall of some people.
The bill came due beatch.
The Bitch should get 100 years...she took my money for herself and spent it on herself and friends to look good.....I should have known she was a simple thief.....
And I believe her.
Everything she's done in her life was to AVOID being charged!
No!! Off with her head!!
Next up....HILLARY!... this woman should yell “RACISM” if Hillary doesn’t go to jail
Public jobs are not public service. They are highly paid positions with pensions
We’re in the days of Caligula, folks.
Why you dissin dis articulate babe who jus cheerin wit her homies?
http://www.wftv.com/news/local/corrine-brown-to-speak-at-sentencing-hearing/648596962
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The government filed documents that said Brown “chose to ridicule the American system of justice and rule of law both pre- and post-conviction.”
The same document said that Brown “stooped so low as to state that if the Jacksonville FBI had not spent resources investigating her fraudulent conduct, then the Pulse nightclub tragedy in Orlando on June 12, 2016 would not have occurred.”
look at that pic. Money poorly spent
She’s a convicted felon and still Dems still stand with her. At least one sitting Dem Congresswoman gave testified as a character witness. Isn’t that amazing?
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