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Former congresswoman Corrine Brown sentenced to five years in prison in charity slush-fund case

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A federal judge sentenced former U.S. Rep. Corrine Brown to five years in prison on Monday, months after a jury convicted the Florida Democrat of fraud for using a charity for poor students as her personal expense account.

The allegations — which, in addition to fraud, included lying on tax forms and congressional disclosures — had already cost Brown her seat in Congress: She lost a primary election last year amid the scandal.

Prosecutors argued that the 71-year-old had turned a charity for poor students into an $800,000 personal slush fund, according to the Associated Press.

After a nearly 25-year career in Congress, she was convicted in May and could have spent the rest of her life in prison.
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I recommend Corrine memorize the following Catholic Prayer:

Displaying the treasures of Your work, Jesus, You invited me to follow You, To sell my goods, to give to the poor, And to completely submit Myself to You. Desires for wealth leads to greed, Satisfaction never being reached. He who seeks no earthly possessions Is free of all avarice aspirations. Jesus, edify my weak human nature, To resist unnecessary commodities, Those classified as evident luxury. May I subdue all greedy tendencies!
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KevinKohler said:
Oh, so she was paying reparations?


Why you haten on the natives, brah?
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You should've seen it... she REFUSED to resign. And being elected official she couldn't be fired. This went on for some time.
 
poweRob said:
You should've seen it... she REFUSED to resign. And being elected official she couldn't be fired. This went on for some time.
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And being arrested for embezzlement didn't end her term?
 
KevinKohler said:
And being arrested for embezzlement didn't end her term?
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Nope... she was CHARGED. She used the fact that she couldn't be fired as leverage in her plea to avoid as much jail time as she could. "I'll resign if you lessen my charges" kind of thing. It worked.

Resignation and guilty plea

Duran resigned from office late October 25, and formally entered her guilty plea October 26. Sentencing will be at the court's discretion but as part of the agreement, she is barred in future from handling or responsibility for, public money.[19] Two of the charges are felonies, and felons cannot hold public office in New Mexico. The most serious charge is that while in office and responsible for enforcing campaign finance law, Duran misreported and under-reported campaign contributions from Mack Energy Exploration, an oil energy exploration company based in Artesia, New Mexico.[20] The agreement leaves open the potential for counseling; at least some of the embezzlement charges stemmed from her use of campaign accounts at Sandia Casino.[21]

Sentencing

On December 15, 2015, Duran was sentenced to 30 days in jail and was ordered to pay $28,000 in fines and restitution. As part of her plea deal, the judge also ordered Duran to complete 2,000 hours of community service, write letters of apology to New Mexicans and campaign donors, and make 144 speeches to school groups and civic groups about her crimes. She was also ordered to continue to attend gambling addiction therapy and may not enter a casino or race track for five-years. She began her 30-day sentence on December 18, 2015.​
 
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