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A.G. GancarskiAugust 20, 2016

Tuesday at 2 p.m. sees yet another procedural hearing in the Corrine Brown federal case, regarding the motion to withdraw from her latest attorneys, Mark NeJame and David Haas. On Thursday, Corrine Brown’s lawyers in her federal case regarding One Door for Education — a charity she was associated with that functioned more as a slush fund, according to prosecutors — […]

A.G. GancarskiAugust 18, 2016

“What if I said I thought you was a pedophile? You’d think something was wrong with me.” Those words, voiced on the debate stage Thursday night at Jacksonville University by incumbent 5th District Rep. Corrine Brown, recurred during a post debate presser where FloridaPolitics.com and other outlets asked Brown about her legal troubles, her financial troubles, […]

A.G. GancarskiAugust 18, 2016

On Thursday, Corrine Brown’s lawyers in her federal case regarding One Door for Education — a charity she was associated with that functioned more as a slush fund, according to prosecutors — abruptly withdrew from representing her after just two days, citing “irreconcilable differences.” This is the third loss of legal representation Brown has had since the July […]

A.G. GancarskiAugust 18, 2016

Florida’s Congressional District 5 has seemed to be the tale of two districts: Jacksonville — and “North Florida” out west. It’s been assumed Corrine Brown, no matter the strengths of her primary opponent Al Lawson, would carry Duval County, compelling Lawson to stack votes out west. However, an internal poll from Lawson’s camp shows that, since Brown’s indictment, Lawson […]

A.G. GancarskiAugust 16, 2016

On Tuesday, Rep. Corrine Brown and her chief of staff, Ronnie Simmons, had a status of counsel hearing regarding their One Door for Education case. One of the two has counsel. And the other failed to appear initially, causing confusion among court officers and the faithful press, though his new lawyer filed a notice of appearance after 4:00 on Tuesday. […]

A.G. GancarskiAugust 9, 2016

In the most high-profile current trial of any indicted Jacksonville politician, Congresswoman Corrine Brown and her chief of staff, Ronnie Simmons, appeared at the federal courthouse Tuesday for a status conference ahead of what is expected to be a trial starting in October. The main news coming out of the event was that Tampa lawyer Greg Kehoe would immediately replace Bill Sheppard […]

A.G. GancarskiAugust 9, 2016

The circus of the Corrine Brown trial resumes Tuesday at the federal courthouse in downtown Jacksonville, with a status conference set for 3 p.m. In the balance: which attorney(s) will represent her through the duration of her federal trial on 22 counts related to the One Door for Education charity, as the Florida Times-Union reports. Brown, being tried in […]

A.G. GancarskiAugust 5, 2016

Rep. Corrine Brown is involved in two existential battles: a fight against 22 federal counts related to her allegedly fraudulent charity One Door for Education. And a fight for re-election in a district that has been radically redrawn since her last bid for re-election. Brown is fighting a two-front war. And, unfortunately for her, the […]

A.G. GancarskiAugust 2, 2016

In a press availability after her bravura performance in a Monday night forum in Jacksonville, Rep. Corrine Brown fielded questions from the local media. Among other insights, she vowed to release Quick Picks this month, but she did not say whether or not she would endorse the half-cent Jacksonville pension tax contained in County Referendum 1. […]

A.G. GancarskiJuly 27, 2016

As federal prosecutors and the media prepare for the upcoming trial of Congresswoman Corrine Brown regarding the allegedly fraudulent One Door for Education charity, more is becoming known about some of the mysterious people named in the 46-page indictment. One such person, identified as “Person C,” has been reported to be Monica Simmons Isom. Isom, reported First Coast News earlier […]

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