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>> CORRINE BROWN SHOWING NO
EMOTION AS SHE WALKED OUT OF THE
FEDERAL COURT HOUSE AN HOUR A
GEE AFTER A DAY OF JUROR DRAMA
AND NO VERDICT.
>> THIS SHOWS THE JURY AS IT
STOOD 24 HOURS AGO.
TODAY JUROR NUMBER 13 WAS
DISMISSED AFTER ANOTHER
COMPLAINED HE WAS CAUSING
DISTURBANCE.
TAKING A LOOK AT THE NEW JURY
NOW.
JUROR NUMBER 13 WAS REPLEASED BY
A HISPANIC MAN.
>> THE JURORS LEFT FOR THE DAY
ABOUT AN HOUR AGO AFTER SIX
HOURS AND 30 MINUTES OF NEW
DELIBERATIONS SINCE THEY HAD TO
START ALL OVER AGAIN THIS
MORNING.
THESE ARE THE 30 PAGES OF
INSTRUCTIONS THAT THEY WERE
GIVEN BY THE COURT TO GUIDE THEM
AS THEY CONSIDER THEIR VERDICTS.
>> AT THE END OF THE DAY THE
JUDGE WARNED THEM AGAIN NOT TO
WATCH THE NEWS AND HE TOLD THEM
TO BE BACK IN COURT BY 8:45
TOMORROW MORNING.
WE HAVE SEVERAL CREWS OUTSIDEED
THE COURT HOUSE BEGINNING WITH
JOY.
>> MARY, TOM, I LIKE THE WAY YOU
PUT THAT.
>> JURY DRAMA.
THAT'S FACTUALLY WHAT IT WAS
TODAY.
BETWEEN THE ACTION THAT WAS
HAPPENING BETWEEN THE
REPLACEMENT TO THE TWO QUESTIONS
THEY ASK CORRINE BROWN QUITE
GOT A WORKOUT THIS MORNING.
SHE WAS IN AND OUT OF THE
COURTROOM SO SHE COULD HEAR WHAT
WAS GOING ON.
AS SHE LEFT, A SUPPORTER CALLED
OUT TO HER ACROSS THE STREET.
>> WE LOVE YOU, C.
ORRINE!
>> IT FELT GOOD TO HEAR
SOMETHING LIKE THAT COMING FROM
OVER THERE.
>> DON'T KNOW IF YOU COULD HEAR
THAT.
SOMEBODY CALLING OUT WE LOVE
YOU, CORRINE.
PEOPLE HERE WANTING TO SPEAK
WITH HER.
ACROSS THE STREET IS WHERE SHE
SPENT MOST OF THE DAY WAITING
FOR A VERDICT.
JOINING ME NOW ON THE OTHER SIDE
OF THE FEDERAL COURT HOUSE IS
JIM PIGGOTT.
HE'S BEEN INSIDE THE COURT ROOM
WAITING AS WELL ALL DAY.
HE GOT A CHANCE TO SEE THE JURY
BEFORE THEY WERE LET GO.
HOW DID THEY LOOK?
YESTERDAY A LITTLE BIT OF
FRUSTRATION FOR A FEW OF THEM.
>> WELL, THERE WAS THEN.
BUT TODAY THEY WERE A TENTIVE
WITH THE JUDGE WHO WAS
TALKING TO THEM, THANKING THEM
AND TELLING NOT MUCH NOT TO
WATCH IMMEDIATE YO REPORTS.
AND THEY WERE LOOKING BACK AT
THE GALLERY AND US AS WELL.
WHEN THEY WERE DISMISSED THEY
IMMEDIATELY LEFT.
I'LL TELL YOU AS YOU MENTIONED
THIS WAS A DAY FOR THEM.
I GOT HERE AT 8:00 THIS MORNING
AND I COULD TELL SOMETHING WAS
UP.
WHEN SHE ARRIVED EARLY FOR COURT
AND HEADED RIGHT INSIDE IT
SIGNALLED SOMETHING WAS ABOUT TO
HAPPEN.
AND IT DID.
A SIEWM YOU'LL BE HERE ALL DAY
IN INSIDE?
I KNOW IT'S HARD TO SAY
ANYTHING.
YOU WANT TO SAY HELLO TO
EVERYBODY.
IN COURT, THE JUDGE SAID THE
STAFF RECEIVED A CALL FROM ONE
OF THE JURORS STATING ANOTHER
JUROR WAS MAKING STATEMENTS
ABOUT A HIGHER BEING AND CORRINE
BROWN.
THE JUDGE INTERPRETED THAT HAS
BEING A HIGHER POWER BUT WOULD
NOT ELABORATE.
IN THE END HE DISMISSED A WHILE
MALE JUROR WE KNOW IS FROM
MIDDLEBURG AND UNEMPLOYED.
THAT JUROR WAS REPLACED WITH AN
ALTERNATE AN HISPANIC MALE.
IT SHIFTS THE RACIAL MAKEUP BUT
THEENDER BREAKDOWN REMAINS THE
SAME.
AND THERE ARE SEVEN WHITE
JURORS, THREE BLACK, AND TWO
HISPANIC.
THE JUDGE THEN TOLD THE JURY TO
GO BACK AND BEGIN AGAIN.
START DELIBERATIONS FROM THE
BEGINNING.
IN ORDER TO GET THE NEW JUROR UP
TO SPEED.
30 MINUTES INTO THAT, THE JURY
SENT A NOTE WITH A QUESTION FOR
THE JUDGE CONCERNING CORRINE
BROWN'S TACKS.
IF SHE WOULD BE RESPONSIBLE FOR
FORMS THAT SHE DIDN'T SIGN AND
RESPONSIBLE FOR INFORMATION THEY
DIDN'T TURNOVER TO HER TAX
PREPARER.
AS THEY CONTINUED DELIBERATIONS
JUST BEFORE 3:00 THE SECOND
QUESTION ON MAIL FRAUD.
AND IF THEY HAD TO PROVE EACH
COUNT BEYOND A REASONABLE DOWD.
THE JUDGE SAID YES.
THE SHORTEST ANSWER HE'S EVER
GIVE TONE A JURY, HE SAI
WHAT WAS INTERESTING ON THE
PREVIOUS DAYS OF DELIBERATIONS
NO QUESTIONS.
BUT RIGHT OFF THE BAT WE HAD A
QUESTION AND THEN THE OTHER O
TODAY.
THEY ARE PAYING ATTENTION BUT IT
LOOKS LIKE THEY'VE MOVING A
AROUND ON THE CHARGES.
BY THE WAY, WHEN MISS BROWN WENT
UP THERE, SHE DIDN'T SAY
ANYTHING.
BUT ON THE COURT ROOM FLOOR SHE
COMPLIMENTED ME ON A YELLOW
SHIRT WHICH FOR CORRINE WHO
USUALLY WEARS LOUD COLORS HAS
BEEN WEARING THAT ISDARK COLORS
THROUGHOUT THE TRIAL.
JOY.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
FOLKS, WE'VE BEEN GETTING
AWESOME INSIGHT FROM OUR TEAM OF
LEGAL EXPERTS.
JOINING ME TODAY IS RHONDA
PEOPLES-WATERS.
HOW UNUSUAL IS IT FOR A JUROR TO
BE REPLACED IN A FEDERAL TRIAL
LIKE THIS AND THE WAY IT WAS
DONE?
THAT PERSON CONTACT THE THE
JUDGE'S CHAMBERS DIRECTLY.
>> ABSOLUTELY.
IT WAS CERTAINLY A RARE INSTANCE
TO OCCUR, ESPECIALLY WITH THIS
ISSUE OF, YOU KNOW, RELIGIOUS
BELIEFS COMING INTO PLAY.
I CAN JUST TELL YOU THAT YOU
MIGHT HAVE AN ALTERNATE COME IN
EVERY ONCE IN A WHILE BUT
CERTAINLY NOT LIKE THIS UNDER
THESE CIRCUMSTANCES.
>> Reporter: ANYTHING ABOUT
THE JURORS' QUESTIONS?
ONE WAS ABOUT THE TAX CHARGES
AGAINST HER.
THE OTHER WAS ABOUT MAIL FRAUD.
DOES THAT GIVE YOU ANY INSIGHT?
>> WELL, BOTH OF THOSE QUESTIONS
I BELIEVE CERTAINLY FAVOR
CONGRESSWOMAN CORRINE BROWN AND
THE THAT IS MORE SO BECAUSE THE
CONVERSE OF THE REASONABLE DOUBT
IS THAT SOMEONE IN THAT JURY
POOL BELIEVES THAT MAYBE
REASONABLE DOUBT WASN'T
NECESSARY TO APPLY TO SOME OF
THOSE FRAUD CHARGES.
THAT MEANS THEY BELIEVE THAT THE
GOVERNMENT HAD HAD NOT PROVEN
MAYBE SOME OF THOSE CHARGES TO
THAT HEAVY BURDEN THAT THEY
HAVE.
AND THAT CERTAINLY RISES TO
BROWN'S FAVOR.
>> Reporter: AND I'VE BEEN
ASKING EVERYONE OUT HERE WITH
ME.
WHAT DO YOU THINK?
ARE WE GOING TO SEE A VERDICT
TOMORROW?
IT SEEMS LIKE THEY'VE BEEN GOING
THROUGH THE COUNTS QUICKLY.
THE FRAUD CHARGES AT THE BOTTOM
OF THE INDICTMENT.
THEN THE MAIL FRAUD IN THE
MIDDLE.
IT LOOKS LIKE THEY'RE WORKING
BACKYARD.
>> IT DOES LOOK LIKE.
AGAIN, JUST BECAUSE WHICH NOW
HAVE THESE QUESTIONS WE'RE
GETTING OUR FIRST VIEW OF WHAT
THEY'RE DOING THERE, IT LOOKS
LIKE THEY'RE COMING FROM THE TAX
CHARGES AND MOVING TO THE FRAUD
CHARGES, WE COULD HAVE A VERDICT
IN THE FICTION DAY OR TWO.
OR IT COULD BE ANOTHER WEEK
BECAUSE THEY'RE GOING THROUGH
ALL OF THIS EVIDENCE.
>> Reporter: I LIKE HOW YOU
ANSWERED THAT.
I THOUGHT YOU WERE GOING TO CALL
FOR US.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
NO THANK YOU.
>> Reporter: COMING UP TONIGHT
ON THE 10:00 NEWS WE'RE GOING TO
HAVE A COMPLETE WRAPUP OF
EVERYTHING THAT HAPPENED TODAY