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.”
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Carla Wiley Original Federal Indictment – Rep Corrine Brown is "Person A" https://t.co/VPhKM3erxf
— TheLastRefuge (@TheLastRefuge2) July 7, 2016
Did Brown intend to break the law when she allegedly broke the law? That’s for federal prosecutors to decide.
https://twitter.com/FredZeppelin12/status/751154120891916291
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