High-ranking Democrat (not that one) indicted on corruption charges related to bogus charity

Brett T. | 9:10 PM on July 07, 2016

No, Hillary Clinton is still in the clear. It’s not her.

Rumor: Democrat to be indicted Friday over charity that committed wire fraud. No, not Clinton. https://t.co/BD3xat4anT

— Gabriel Malor (@gabrielmalor) July 7, 2016

The Orlando Sentinel and other media outlets are reporting Thursday night that 10-term Rep. Corrine Brown (D-Fla.) will be indicted on public corruption charges Friday.

U.S. Rep. Corrine Brown indicted on corruption charges, officials say https://t.co/eiry8bKu2X

— Humberto Sanchez (@hsanchez128) July 7, 2016

Rep. Corrine Brown reportedly indicted https://t.co/CXLWcspUdI

— Paul Blumenthal (@PaulBlu) July 7, 2016

https://twitter.com/dmartosko/status/751145502809415681

Tried to talk to Rep. Corrine Brown as she came out of her Capitol office– no response. @WOKVNews @ActionNewsJax pic.twitter.com/sKQNMLjgWJ

— Dorey Scheimer (@DoreyScheimer) July 7, 2016

The Sentinel reports that the U.S. House Committee on Ethics opened an investigation of Brown in March after the director of One Door for Education, a charity with ties to Brown, pleaded guilty to fraud.

Prosecutors say One Door’s director, Carla Wiley, presented her organization as an education charity starting in 2011 but never obtained tax-exempt status or filed state or federal tax returns, even as it solicited about $800,000 in donations.

Between 2012 and 2016, as Wiley withdrew or transferred to her own accounts more than $140,000, the group issued just one scholarship for about $1,000, authorities said.

While documents in Wiley’s case didn’t mention Brown by name, prosecutors alleged that $150,000 in charity funds had been used for events hosted by or in the honor of an unnamed public official, dubbed “Person A.”