Jurors were shown ATM images of Brown's former chief of staff, Ronnie Simmons, collecting money at a drive-through lane, then standing at a counter of the second bank with cash in hand.
Some of those transfers happened while Brown and her daughter were vacationing in California and the Bahamas during congressional recesses.
In one instance, Simmons deposited a $3,000 check that was made to One Door to help pay for summer camps at a bank near his home in Laurel, Md.
Prosecutors say One Door, helped by Brown, received about $800,000 between 2012 and 2016 but spent nearly nothing helping students or children who were its purported beneficiaries.
He said his donation was based on his trust and relationship with Brown. Her success resulted in numerous re-elections until her defeat last fall.
In another instance, $1,000 moved from the One Door account into Shantrel Brown's account and then into Brown's account.
"She simply spent way more than she took in, she became accustomed to this money coming in", He says. The trial begins at 9 a.m.
Prosecutors said they also plan to present testimony Wednesday from a line up of well-known political donors, including Susie Wiles, a veteran political consultant who ran Donald Trump's Florida campaign; Michael Ward, the former CEO of CSX; and Husein Cumber, an executive with Florida East Coast Industries and member of JEA's board of directors.
The payments - cash that was separate from Brown's salary in Congress or her pension from the Florida Legislature - were big parts of opening-day testimony that followed attorneys' afternoon opening remarks and the morning selection of jurors. A jury will return after failing to reach a verdict on the first day of deliberations in the Medicare fraud trial of a prominent Florida eye doctor who is accused separately of bribing a USA senator.
Prosecutor Tysen Duva told jurors the story of Corrine Brown is one of "lying, cheating and stealing" and it started long before One Door for Education. "It's about fraud and corruption of the highest level of our government". Brown was indicted in July on 22 counts involving conspiracy, mail and wire fraud, filing false tax returns and hiding income. "This is something that sounds like achieving the American dream". The indictment said the organization only gave out two scholarships for $1,200, and that the money was instead used for the congresswoman's personal expenses. Picerne told the court he was never really sure what the money was going to.
Smith argued in his opening statement that Brown would often travel and spend money for her work as a congresswoman; she'd travel to Jacksonville, Orlando, or even overseas and then file a reimbursement claim with the government.
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Duva says Brown was driven by finances- with three properties and a shopping habit.
He also said the former congresswoman lied about how much she donated to churches and used it as a tax write-off.
The prosecution outlined the bank accounts Brown owned, the One Door For Education letters of incorporation, and also bank ledgers showing withdrawals from the One Door account and deposits into Brown's bank accounts.
Picerne told the court he knew Brown through his brother, who trusted her.
Smith says Brown first offered to be Simmons' mentor after he and her daughter broke up, but remained friends.
"There are two questions that will guide you throughout this trial: who is Ronnie Simmons?" "Don't let him fool you". One such scheme involved getting a House of Representatives job for his sister by telling Brown she was sick and needed money. "She was wrong on both questions, and that's the reason she sits here today being charged with these crimes".
Smith said Simmons and Carla Wiley, his former girlfriend, was the mastermind behind One Door for Education, the bogus charity prosecutors say she used to bilk almost a million from unsuspecting donors.
Simmons and Wiley have already pleaded guilty and are expected to testify against Brown.
Smith said Brown didn't know how to email or text, and highlighted that the emails used by prosecutors in their investigation were tied to Simmons and Wiley.
"By 2012, Corrine Brown was well into her mid-60s with no husband and no companion".
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