Nov 10, 2021 · Defense attorney Curtis Falgatter also appeared at the defense table and told the judge he was in discussions with Brown to represent her, but that those conversations were contingent on her ...
Corrine Brown (born November 11, 1946) is an American former politician, and former convicted felon, who served as a member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Florida from 1993 to 2017. She is a member of the Democratic Party.After a court-ordered redistricting significantly changed her district, and a federal indictment for corruption, Brown was defeated in the 2016 …
Sep 15, 2021 · Attorney William Kent, who joined Brown’s defense for her appeals, has told prosecutors he will likely not serve as her counsel if she goes back on trial. READ: Motion by federal prosecutors for ...
May 12, 2017 · Corrine Brown was born on November 11, 1946 in Jacksonville, Florida, making her age 70. She completed her Bachelor’s degree in Science from Florida A&M University in 1969. Later, she received her Master’s degree from the University of Florida in 1971. She was awarded an Honorary Doctorate in the Law division from Edward Waters College ...
Corrine Brown | |
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Preceded by | Redistricted |
Succeeded by | Al Lawson |
Constituency | 3rd district (1993–2013) 5th district (2013–2017) |
Member of the Florida House of Representatives from the 17th district |
Corrine Brown (born November 11, 1946) is an American former politician who served as a member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Florida from 1993 to 2017. She is a member of the Democratic Party.
House Committee on Standards of Official Conduct to determine whether Brown had violated House ethics rules. One of the complaints was that Brown's adult daughter, Shantrel Brown, had received a luxury automobile as a gift from an agent of a Malian swindler and millionaire named Foutanga Babani Sissoko. Sissoko, a friend of Congresswoman Brown, had been imprisoned in Miami after pleading guilty to charges of bribing a customs officer. Brown had worked to secure his release, pressuring U.S. Attorney General Janet Reno to deport Sissoko back to his homeland as an alternative to continued incarceration. The Project held this violated the House gift rule, but Brown denied she had acted improperly. The congressional subcommittee investigating Brown found insufficient evidence to issue a Statement of Alleged Violation, but said she had acted with poor judgment in connection with Sissoko.
After a court-ordered redistricting significantly changed her district, and a federal indictment for corruption, Brown was defeated in the 2016 Democratic primary by Al Lawson, who went on to win Brown's former seat. On December 4, 2017, she was sentenced to five years in prison and ordered to pay restitution.
A horseshoe-shaped district encompassing largely African-American neighborhoods in Jacksonville, Gainesville, Orlando, Ocala, and Lake City, the 3rd district seemed likely to send Florida's first African-American to Congress since Reconstruction, and Brown decided to run.
Brown defeated Johnson in the primary and in a two-candidate runoff, and went on to win the general election in November 1992. In 1995, the 3rd district was struck down by the United States Supreme Court as an unconstitutional racial gerrymander.
National Baptist Convention check#N#In 1998, Brown was questioned by the House Ethics Committee about receiving a $10,000 check from National Baptist Convention leader and long-time associate, Henry Lyons. Brown confirmed receiving the check and denied she had used the money improperly. Brown said that she had taken the check and converted it into another check made out to Pameron Bus Tours to pay for transportation to a rally she organized in Tallahassee. She said that she didn't have to report the money, and that she had been cleared, explaining the rally was to protest the reorganization of her district lines, and she did not use it for herself.
Brown and other members of the House of Representatives objected to counting the 25 electoral votes from Florida which George W. Bush narrowly won after a contentious recount. Because no senator joined her objection, the objection was dismissed by Vice President Al Gore, who was Bush's opponent in the 2000 presidential election.
Corrine Brown’s daughter Shantrel Brown is a lawyer by profession and owned a law firm , which was geared towards Government relations. She later joined Alcalde & Fay as a partner. She previously worked as a political appointee during the Clinton administration for over five years with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency in the Office of Prevention, Pesticides, and Toxic Substances.
Corrine is dubbed as one of the poorest Congress members. She even made it to the list of the “25 of the Poorest Congress Members!” The latest figures cannot be determined as some media outlets believe her net worth “ can be close to zero, or certainly not anything substantial.”