Today, she was found guilty of fraud on 18 of 22 charges.
Brown, a Democrat who served 24 years in Congress, lost her re-election bid last year after being indicted.
A judge has found former Rep. Corrine Brown guilty of fraudulently taking hundreds of thousands of dollars from a bogus charity following an indictment on federal corruption charges. Simmons explained in his testimony that Brown would frequently order him too take cash and checks from the charity's account.
Brown helped steer millions of dollars in federal money and projects to her district, putting in $377 million worth of earmark requests in 2010 and - when the practice of putting dollar figures on requests ended the next year - later ranking second in the state in the total number of requests for pet projects.
A sentencing date has not been set. She was defeated in her 2016 primary race.
Count 21 is a corruptly endeavoring to abstruct and impede IRS laws filing her tax returns for tax years 2008 - 2014 charge.
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In Bono's Barbeque on Norwood Avenue where in January 2016 federal agents served Brown with an initial subpoena for documents, restaurant regulars say the verdict comes as a blow. Brown was accused of illegally siphoning $800,000 from her charity into her own bank account for lavish parties, trips, shopping excursions.
The jury also found Brown guilty of violating the Ethics in Government Act by concealing certain income on the required annual financial disclosure forms she submitted to the U.S. House of Representatives.
Her attorney, James Smith, said he plans to file a motion for a new trial and said Brown respects the American judicial system and the jury's verdict, even though she disagrees with it. "It's about fraud and corruption of the member of the highest level of the American government", Duva said, according to WTLV-TV. Brown's indictment said the Virginia-based One Door only gave out one scholarship for $1,200 to an unidentified person in Florida.
Earlier this year, One Door President Carla Wiley pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy to commit wire fraud after it as determined that she had deposited $800,000 into the foundation's account over four years. Later on in the afternoon, local news station News4Jax reported that Brown did indeed release a statement maintaining her innocence and vowing to "restore her reputation".
Mr. Simmons said Ms. "When you look at life, a lot of this will come and go".
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