Rep. Corrine Brown (D-Fla.) has been indicted on charges of using a scholarship fund with her chief of staff as a "personal slush fund," and she is now insinuating that if it weren't for all the attention around her, the Orlando shooter could have been stopped before he killed 49 people at the Pulse nightclub, BuzzFeed reports.
"These are the same agents that was not able to do a thorough investigation of [the shooter], and we ended up with 50 people dead," Brown said. Brown's lawyer echoed the theory: "Perhaps had it chosen to devote its resources more thoughtfully, 50 innocent people would be alive today."
Brown further stirred up controversy when she wrote in a blog post Sunday that "two black men were needlessly gunned down by police; five Dallas police officers were slain by a demented man, and on Friday I had to appear in federal court."
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If she is found guilty on all counts, Brown faces a maximum of 357 years in prison as well as a $5 million fine.
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