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It seems that Democratic Representative Corrine Brown has been indicted on 18 charges of fraud, tax evasion and conspiracy.
She was stealing money from a charity meant to help children!
How will I be able to sleep knowing that evil libtards are out there victimizing innocent poor children?
Why why why! :cry2:
Let's start a boycott, and loot some stores, and blame Trump for it. -
Fake News!
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Fake News!
Every media outlet including your beloved CNN is reporting that Democrat Corrine Brown was CONVICTED on 18 charges of fraud, etc. and faces decades in prison!
http://www.cnn.com/2017/05/11/politics/corrine-brown-convicted-fraud/index.htmlI am tired of you constantly posting false statements, DrWas.
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Once again, our incompetent and corrupt president is overshadowing things that we should be talking about. Had he not done that awful sit-down with Lester Holt, other things would be top news; including this Corinne Brown situation.
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Fake News!
:police: Don't post unless you intend to further the discussion. Simply posting "fake news" does nothing to further the discussion. :police:
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Once again, our incompetent and corrupt president is overshadowing things that we should be talking about.
Uh… no.. Obama has not been president for about 4 months. Trump is president now.
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What's the actual point of this thread? There are corrupt and criminal politicians everywhere, Republican, Democratic, or otherwise. Let's turn, for simplicity's sake, to Wikipedia:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_American_federal_politicians_convicted_of_crimes
2017–2017 (Trump (R) presidency)
Legislative branchCorinne Brown (D-FL) was convicted on 18 felony counts of wire and tax fraud, conspiracy, lying to federal investigators, and other corruption charges. (2017)[1]
2009–2017 (Obama (D) presidency)
Executive branchGeneral David Petraeus (R)[2] Director of the Central Intelligence Agency. On April 23, 2015, a federal judge sentenced Petraeus to two years’ probation plus a fine of $100,000 for providing classified information to Lieutenant Colonel Paula Broadwell.(2015)[3]
Legislative branch
Chaka Fattah (D-PA) was convicted on 23 counts of racketeering, fraud, and other corruption charges. (2016)[4]
Dennis Hastert (R-IL) Speaker of the United States House of Representatives pleaded guilty in court for illegally structuring bank transactions related to payment of $3.5 million to quash allegations of sexual misconduct with a student when he was a high school teacher and coach decades ago.[5] (2016)
Michael Grimm (R-NY) pleaded guilty of felony tax evasion. This was the fourth count in a 20-count indictment brought against him for improper use of campaign funds. The guilty plea had a maximum sentence of three years; he was sentenced to eight months in prison. (2015)[6][7]
Trey Radel (R-FL) was convicted of possession of cocaine in November 2013. As a first-time offender, he was sentenced to one year probation and fined $250. Radel announced he would take a leave of absence, but did not resign. Later, under pressure from a number of Republican leaders, he announced through a spokesperson that he would resign. (2013)[8][9][10]
Rick Renzi (R-AZ) was found guilty on 17 of 32 counts against him June 12, 2013, including wire fraud, conspiracy, extortion, racketeering, money laundering and making false statements to insurance regulators. (2013)[11]
Jesse Jackson, Jr. (D-IL) pleaded guilty February 20, 2013, to one count of wire and mail fraud in connection with his misuse of $750,000 in campaign funds. Jackson was sentenced to two and one-half years' imprisonment. (2013)[12]
Laura Richardson (D-CA) was found guilty on seven counts of violating US House rules by improperly using her staff to campaign for her, destroying the evidence and tampering with witness testimony. The House Ethics Committee ordered Richardson to pay a fine of $10,000. (2012)[13][14]Judicial branch
Mark E. Fuller (R) U.S. District Judge was found guilty of domestic violence and sentenced to 24 weeks of family and domestic training and forced to resign his position. (2015)[15][16][17]
2001–2009 (George W. Bush (R) presidency)
Executive branchScott Bloch (R) United States Special Counsel. pleaded guilty to criminal contempt of Congress for "willfully and unlawfully withholding pertinent information from a House Committee investigating his decision to have several government computers wiped …"[18][19] On June 24, 2013, U. S. District Judge Robert L. Wilkins sentenced Bloch to one day in jail and two years' probation, and also ordered him to pay a $5000 fine and perform 200 hours of community service.(2010) [20]
David Safavian (R) Administrator for the Office of Management and Budget[21] where he set purchasing policy for the entire government.[22][23] He was found guilty of blocking justice and lying,[24] and sentenced to 18 months. (2008)[25][26]
Lewis Libby (R) Chief of Staff to Vice President Dick Cheney (R). 'Scooter' was convicted of perjury and obstruction of justice in the Plame Affair on March 6, 2007 and was sentenced to 30 months in prison and fined $250,000. His sentence was commuted by George W. Bush (R) on July 1, 2007. (2007)[27]
Lester Crawford (R) Commissioner of the Food and Drug Administration, resigned after 2 months. Pleaded guilty to conflict of interest and received 3 years suspended sentence and fined $90,000. (2006) [28]
Claude Allen (R) Director of the Domestic Policy Council, was arrested for a series of felony thefts in retail stores. (2006) He was convicted on one count and resigned soon after.[29]Legislative branch
William J. Jefferson (D-LA) was charged in August 2005 after the FBI seized $90,000 in cash from his home freezer. He was re-elected to the House in 2006, but lost in 2008. He was convicted November 13, 2009, of 11 counts of bribery and sentenced to 13 years in prison. (2009)[30] Jefferson's Chief of Staff Brett Pfeffer, was sentenced to 84 months for bribery. (2006) [31]
Jack Abramoff CNMI scandal involves the efforts of Abramoff to influence Congressional action concerning U.S. immigration and minimum wage laws. See Executive branch convictions. Congressmen convicted in the Abramoff scandal include:Bob Ney (R-OH) pleaded guilty to conspiracy and making false statements as a result of his receiving trips from Abramoff in exchange for legislative favors. Ney received 30 months in prison. (2007)[32]
Duke Cunningham (R-CA) pleaded guilty November 28, 2005, to charges of conspiracy to commit bribery, mail fraud, wire fraud and tax evasion in what came to be called the Cunningham scandal and was sentenced to over eight years in prison. (2005)[33]
Frank Ballance (D-NC) admitted to federal charges of money laundering and mail fraud in October 2005 and was sentenced to four years in prison. (2005)[34]
Bill Janklow (R-SD) was convicted of second-degree manslaughter for running a stop sign and killing a motorcyclist. Resigned from the House and given 100 days in the county jail and three years probation. (2003)[35]
Jim Traficant (D-OH) was found guilty on ten felony counts of financial corruption, sentenced to eight years in prison and expelled from the House of Representatives. (2002) [36]The list goes on and on for decades
