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<blockquote data-quote="Babagounj" data-source="post: 2254972" data-attributes="member: 12952"><p><a href="http://dailycaller.com/2016/07/07/democratic-congresswoman-indicted-on-corruption-charges/" target="_blank">Democratic Congresswoman Indicted On Corruption Charges</a></p><p></p><p>Democratic Rep. Corrine Brown of Florida was indicted on corruption charges likely stemming from her involvement with a massive and reportedly bogus charity.</p><p>Brown, who has represented Florida’s 5th district since 1993, was <a href="http://jacksonville.com/news/metro/2016-01-30/story/us-rep-corrine-brown-has-steered-tens-thousands-dollars-unusual#" target="_blank">closely involved with a Virginia charity</a> named One Door for Education, Inc. The charity never obtained non-profit status, never filed state or federal taxes, and awarded only a single $1,000 scholarship. It still raised over $800,000 in donations, in part because Brown repeatedly used her name and political connections to direct funding towards the group.</p><p>One Door director Carla Wiley pleaded guilty to wire fraud charges in March. In her plea deal, Wiley admitted to diverting over $150,000 of the charity’s funds to hold events benefiting a public official identified only as “Person A.” Circumstantial details in the plea deal indicated that “Person A” was Brown.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Babagounj, post: 2254972, member: 12952"] [URL="http://dailycaller.com/2016/07/07/democratic-congresswoman-indicted-on-corruption-charges/"]Democratic Congresswoman Indicted On Corruption Charges[/URL] Democratic Rep. Corrine Brown of Florida was indicted on corruption charges likely stemming from her involvement with a massive and reportedly bogus charity. Brown, who has represented Florida’s 5th district since 1993, was [URL='http://jacksonville.com/news/metro/2016-01-30/story/us-rep-corrine-brown-has-steered-tens-thousands-dollars-unusual#']closely involved with a Virginia charity[/URL] named One Door for Education, Inc. The charity never obtained non-profit status, never filed state or federal taxes, and awarded only a single $1,000 scholarship. It still raised over $800,000 in donations, in part because Brown repeatedly used her name and political connections to direct funding towards the group. One Door director Carla Wiley pleaded guilty to wire fraud charges in March. In her plea deal, Wiley admitted to diverting over $150,000 of the charity’s funds to hold events benefiting a public official identified only as “Person A.” Circumstantial details in the plea deal indicated that “Person A” was Brown. [/QUOTE]
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