Former Congresswoman Corrine Brown isn’t going to get her wish by being able to avoid doing time while her felony convictions for using charities intended to benefit poor students as a personal slush fund is under appeal.
Brown was convicted last year of 18 felony charges, including filing false tax returns and conspiracy to commit mail and wire fraud while siphoning off hundreds of thousands from the One Door for Education Foundation for partying, travel, and shopping.
She is a shameless scam artist and a Democrat, but I repeat myself.
On Monday, the 71-year-old Maxine Waters clone was rebuffed in her efforts to stay free by not one, but two federal courts and has been ordered to go to jail, go directly to jail, do not pass go, do not collect $200 by next Monday.
Denied. Former U.S. Rep. Corrine Brown will have to report to prison by noon Monday, Jan. 29. https://t.co/9V06tHMqYu
— Florida Times-Union (@jaxdotcom) January 23, 2018
As reported by the Florida Times-Union “2 courts reject ex-U.S. Rep. Corrine Brown’s bids to stay out of prison”:
Former U.S. Rep. Corrine Brown can’t stay free while she appeals felony convictions and she can’t delay reporting to prison, a pair of orders from separate federal courts said Monday.
Brown’s motion to stay free was rejected by the 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Atlanta the same day that the judge in Jacksonville who sentenced Brown to five years behind bars turned down a request to delay the start of her sentence by another month.
Brown remains scheduled to enter prison by noon Jan. 29, the same deadline set for the founder of One Door for Education, a bogus charity Brown was convicted of using to enrich herself.
“This court has already fully considered the issue,” U.S. District Judge Timothy Corrigan in Jacksonville wrote in his order. In short, he wrote later, “Ms. Brown is asking the wrong court. She should direct her request to the Eleventh Circuit.”
That court issued its own two-sentence order Monday that denied a motion she filed to remain free pending appeal. The second sentence told court clerks to treat any motion to reconsider as a non-emergency.
Brown was convicted in May of 18 felonies, most involving fraud or tax crimes.
The bulk of the charges involved misuse of money that Brown, a 12-term congresswoman, helped raise for One Door, which received more than $800,000 over several years but spent little on actual charitable projects.
It’s difficult to imagine a better place for a disreputable operator like Brown than prison.
She isn’t ready to give up though. Her attorney has filed a motion to extend her reporting date by 30 days as she tries to buy time.
BREAKING: Corrine Brown’s attorney files motion to extend her report date by at least 30 days. She is due to report to prison on January 29. pic.twitter.com/KMVvCzbPKS
— First Coast News (@FCN2go) January 22, 2018
As the old saying goes: you can judge the quality of a person’s character from the company that they keep.
LOCK HER UP!
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