Corrine Brown

Corrine Brown (born November 11, 1946, Jacksonville, Florida) is an American former politician. Brown was a member of the United States House of Representatives from the state of Florida from 1993 to 2017. She is a Democratic Party member. When Brown was indicted federally on criminal corruption charges, she was defeated during the 2016 Democratic primary by Al Lawson, a former member from the Florida Senate.
Brown worked with the Florida House of Representatives in the state's 17th district from 1982 to 1992.
On Monday afternoon May 11, 2017, Brown was convicted of eighteen out of twenty-two criminal charges against her. The charges included conspiracy, filing false tax returns and mail fraud. A federal appeals court overturned her convictions seven months later.