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| Indicted Fmr Dem Rep. Corrine Brown Spent Campaign Cash After Primary Loss |
| 2017-05-01 |
| [FREEBEACON] The campaign committee of former Rep. Corrine Brown (D., Fla.), who is currently on trial for corruption charges, spent thousands on hotels and small travel expenses after Brown was defeated in the Democratic primary last year. Brown, who lost to former Florida State Sen. Al Lawson in the August 2016 primary, spent $11,278 on "lodging" at a Marriot Hotel in Bethesda, Maryland in late September 2016, nearly one month after the election. In addition to the hotel expenditures, the campaign disclosed three "petty cash" transactions totaling more than $2,000 during the two-week span between October 16 and November 4. A small amount ($185) also was spent on travel expenses in Houston, Texas and Jacksonville, Florida. Thousands more were spent on more typical transactions following an election loss, such as payments to campaign vendors. Brown and her chief of staff, Elias "Ronnie" Simmons, were indicted in July 2016 on 24 counts of fraud stemming from a sham foundation created by the former congresswoman. More than $800,000 was deposited into Brown's Virginia-based foundation, One Door for Education, which spent only $1,200 on charity. Federal authorities found that Brown, Elias, and Carla Wiley, the foundation's president, spent $200,000 of the group's funds on luxury vacations, NFL tickets, plane tickets, car repairs, and lavish events. Wiley pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit fraud in March 2016. Simmons pleaded guilty to fraud in February. An FBI agent testified Wednesday against Brown, saying the money was taken from her foundation and put into a bank account shared by Brown and her daughter. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #6 No such thing as irreplaceable people in our organization. |
| Posted by: g(r)omgoru 2017-05-01 13:56 |
| #5 Close Crusader, her problem was that she didn't realize that SHE was a little people. |
| Posted by: AlanC 2017-05-01 13:43 |
| #4 I'm sure she merely believed what she had seen all around her, namely that the laws only apply to the little people. |
| Posted by: Crusader 2017-05-01 12:21 |
| #3 Pikers |
| Posted by: g(r)omgoru 2017-05-01 07:44 |
| #2 I guess she didn't get the memo that only the Clintons are allowed to run phony foundations. |
| Posted by: CrazyFool 2017-05-01 07:13 |
| #1 Black Criminal Congressional Caucus |
| Posted by: Frank G 2017-05-01 07:06 |