US Rep. Corrine Brown

Despite indictment, US Rep. Brown trying to stay in office

Gary Fineout, Associated PressSeptember 1, 2016

U.S. Rep. Corrine Brown, who more than two decades ago became one of the first blacks elected to Congress from Florida since reconstruction, is battling to stay in office amid a criminal indictment and a revamped district that includes thousands of new voters.

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US Rep. Corrine Brown indicted after fraud investigation

Jason Dearen and Curt Anderson, Associated PresJuly 13, 2016

U.S. Rep. Corrine Brown of Florida and her chief of staff pleaded not guilty Friday to multiple fraud charges and other federal offenses in a grand jury indictment unsealed after an investigation into what prosecutors call a phony charity turned into a personal slush fund.