A.G. GancarskiAugust 1, 2019
7min560
Brown doesn't want a "government lawyer."
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A.G. GancarskiAugust 1, 2019A.G. GancarskiJuly 2, 2019
6min284
Two former Council members face a single trial in August.
A.G. GancarskiJune 24, 2019
7min405
Two-week trial expected.
A.G. GancarskiJanuary 4, 20185min405
The run-up to the federal trial of suspended Jacksonville City Councilwoman Katrina Brown continued Thursday afternoon, with her lawyer looking to exit the case. That request was granted. Katrina and fellow suspended Councilor Reggie Brown, who are unrelated, are accused of a 38-count conspiracy to defraud, say federal prosecutors. The pair is accused of extracting hundreds of thousands of […]
A.G. GancarskiFebruary 9, 2017
14min324
It was never supposed to be like this for Corrine Brown. The now-former twelve-term United States Congresswoman was one of the leading politicos in Jacksonville, upbraiding media that crossed her, and picking winners and losers in primary and general elections alike. The slogan: Corrine Delivers. The end of that era: July 6, 2016, when Brown and […]
A.G. GancarskiFebruary 8, 2017
8min568
On Wednesday, Ronnie Simmons, a co-defendant in the One Door for Education trial with Rep. Corrine Brown, pleaded guilty to two federal felony counts. The timing was notable, as Brown and Simmons were slated to appear at a joint status conference on Thursday for jury selection for the April trial. The symbiosis between Brown and Simmons, her […]
A.G. GancarskiSeptember 7, 2016
10min261
The world of political influence is a small one, and a conflict in Congresswoman Corrine Brown‘s sphere was brought to light Wednesday in court. This particular conflict illustrated the intersection of Brown’s charitable and political endeavors, providing further evidence of the blurred lines between the two relative to the federal “One Door for Education” trial. […]
A.G. GancarskiAugust 23, 2016
6min365
On Tuesday, Corrine Brown faced an increasingly familiar problem in her federal case. What to do now that another legal team decided to separate from her, as her third set of lawyers did last week? As it turns out, another continuance — to the November trial term — was granted. And her lawyers were, in fact, […]