[NEWS4JAX] Former Congresswoman Corrine Brown won't learn her fate in her federal corruption case until Dec. 4.
Judge Timothy Corrigan said that Brown's hearing will take place as scheduled Thursday, but that he will not announce his sentence for several weeks.
Sentencing hearings will take place as scheduled on Wednesday for Brown's co-conspirators, Carla Wiley and Ronnie Simmons.
Corrigan also set time limits on Brown's character witnesses. Three of them can speak for five minutes; everyone else is afforded two minutes. Brown's attorney said he plans to bring dozens of witnesses to testify to Brown's good works and contributions to the community.
Corrigan said he wants to take the matter of the trio's sentencing decisions under advisement and will release the decisions on Dec. 4 at 10 a.m.
"There is going to be an entire two-day sentencing for all the defendants that are getting sentenced," said Randy Reep, an attorney not affiliated with the case. "That is a lot for Corrigan to go over. The idea of ruling right from the bench and having the gavel fall is Hollywood style, but that is not how the law is really done."
Brown, 71, was found guilty of 18 counts of federal mail, wire and tax fraud for soliciting donations for a fake charity, using that charity as a "slush fund" for herself and her associates, and lying on her taxes and congressional disclosure forms.
Brown asked twice for the sentencing hearing to be delayed, but those motions were denied.
A court officer will recommend that Brown be ordered to serve seven to nine years in federal prison, but Corrigan does not have to follow that recommendation.
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Brown, 71, was found guilty of 18 counts of federal mail, wire and tax fraud for soliciting donations for a fake charity, using that charity as a "slush fund" for herself and her associates, and lying on her taxes and congressional disclosure forms.
and wearing really bad wigs
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Don't worry the MSM will cover Roy Moore instead.
[DAILYWIRE] On Monday, Keurig CEO Bob Gamgort issued a memorandum to employees denouncing his own company’s Twitter announcement that it had pulled advertising from Sean Hannity’s television program on Fox News. That advertising pullout came in the wake of an astroturfed campaign from Media Matters based on false allegations that Hannity expressed support for child molestation and had attacked sexual assault accusers.
The pullout led to a massive backlash on Twitter, where Keurig owners began smashing their machines and announcing that they would boycott the company.
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Nothing in the memo that says Keurig is backing down. CEO Bob says they need to change their internal policies and procedures so they don't step on their corporate dick again so publicly. But nothing about continuing to advertise on Hannity's show.
If the company goal is to sell as many units of stuff to as many people as possible, it is insane to choose sides on some social issue which will piss off half your customers. Sure, you can sit at the cool kidz table if you have the right policies and mission statement, but the remaining half of your customer base isn't going to buy twice as much stuff.
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That advertising pullout came in the wake of an astroturfed campaign from Media Matters based on false allegations that Hannity expressed support for child molestation and had attacked sexual assault accusers.
MM behind pulling the ads. David Brock, Democratic Alliance, George Soros, Tom Steyer, the Center for American Progress and John Podesta, a part of MM, ought to be enough to tell anyone what's going on. Where's my Keurig and hammer?
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Men and women like Hannity, Jonah Goldberg, Laura Ingraham, Conway, Gorka, VDH, Carlson, and Bannen could possibly be all we have left. Perhaps we should guard them well.
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Companies act like this because they fear a lib onslaught. If they also feared a backlash to their actions by the rest of us, maybe they’d keep their virtue-signaling mouths shut.
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John Q, I listened to that interview and how anyone could think Hannity expressed support for child molestation or attacked sexual assault accusers is delusional.
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What's in David Brock's and John Podesta's closets?
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What's in David Brock's and John Podesta's closets?
You mean apart from satanic rituals?
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Remember when you could go to the movies and be entertained without worrying about politics? Remember when you could just have a cup of coffee and not worry about who sold it to you or what the founder said about the president? Maybe I was just not as aware of these things back then as I am now. But it's like walking in the back yard when the dog poop hasn't been scooped for a while and it's really tiresome. Why can't we just get back to doing business?
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