Strange title, isn’t it?
But not if you’re following the alleged exploits of Rep. Corrine Brown (D-FL), who accuses the federal government, under President Obama and Attorney General Loretta Lynch, of just that.
Here, see for yourself, via this excerpt from an article published in today’s Washington Times:
A Florida congresswoman indicted on fraud charges is telling supporters she’s being “persecuted” by federal authorities because she’s black.
U.S. Rep. Corrine Brown, D-Fla., and her chief of staff pleaded not guilty after being indicted last week on multiple fraud charges and other federal offenses.
In a statement posted Sunday on her campaign website, Brown says her indictment was part of a “very rough” week that included a black man fatally shooting five officers in Dallas and the killings in Louisiana and Minnesota of two black men by white police officers.
Brown proclaimed her innocence, saying the indictment was “very scary.” She wrote: “I’m not the first black elected official to be persecuted and, sad to say, I won’t be the last.”a
How significant are the charges?
Well, the Department of Justice – again reminding you that it is under President Obama and Attorney General Loretta Lynch, neither of whom has ever, to my knowledge, been accused of membership in a White Citizen’s Council – accuses Ms. Brown and her chief of staff, Elias Simmons, of 24 counts, including (but not limited to):
-conspiracy to commit mail and wire fraud;
-concealing material facts on required financial disclosure forms,
-theft of government property,
-obstruction of the due administration of the internal revenue laws,
-filing false tax returns.
Did they do it? I do not know. In the absence of confessions, this will go through the legal system and then we’ll hope to find out one way or the other.
But I’ll tell you what: considering who is leveling these charges, I would not want to be a defense lawyer trying to portray Ms. Brown and Mr. Simmons as innocent victims of racism.
Stay tuned…..
