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House Forms Ethics Subcommittee To Investigate Rep. Corrine Brown

Meredith Fordham Hughes
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JAXPORT

A House Ethics Subcommittee has been formed to investigate Northeast Florida Congresswoman Corrine Brown (D-FL5).

In a memo Wednesday, Ethics Chairman Charles Dent said the investigative committee is being formed to look into whether Brown behaved improperly in dealing with unnamed “outside organizations.”

Recently, the head of the Brown-affiliated One Door For Education organization pleaded guilty to wire fraud.

The ethics-committee memo also said its investigation is on hold at the request of the U.S. Department of Justice, which appears to be conducting its own investigation into Brown.

The Jacksonville Democrat was served a federal subpoena earlier this year but has refused to comment on its contents. 

Meanwhile, Brown is suing to challenge the new shape of her district, which was recently redrawn to stretch from Jacksonville to Tallahassee. She'll be explaining that challenge in court Friday in Tallahassee. 

Jessica Palombo oversees local news at WJCT News 89.9 and Jacksonville Today. With a master’s degree in broadcast and digital journalism from Syracuse University and bachelor's in journalism from the University of Florida, Jessica is a nearly lifelong resident of Jacksonville. You may have once seen her on a local community theater stage. These days, you can most likely catch her reading a book in a school pickup line.