Corrine Brown fraud trial: Judge denies motions for acquittal, new trial

A judge has denied former Rep. Corrine Brown's motions for acquittal and a new trial.

A sentencing hearing is scheduled for Nov. 16.

A jury found Brown guilty on 18 counts including mail fraud, wire fraud and filing false tax returns.

At a hearing on Aug. 7, Brown's lawyers argued the court made a "mistake" by dismissing one juror two days into deliberations.

The juror told his fellow jurors that the Holy Spirit told him that Brown was innocent, and the evidence he saw during trial confirmed that.

The judge dismissed him, swapped in an alternate juror, and the jury reached their verdicts the next day.

“Clearly, a lot went on in that jury room that should not have. And I just wonder what goes on in jury rooms all over the country,” Brown said on Aug. 7.

The government argued that the court got it right by sending that juror home.

"I have spent 34 years serving my community, the state of Florida, and this country. And I am determined that, on my tombstone, it will not say ‘felon,’” Brown said.

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