Carol moseley braun corruption

Braun opened herself to charges of corruption for the sake of an unscrupulous man, and lost her reelection bid to Republican Peter....

Braun claimed that “everything” about her in the column was full of “lies.” The word “corrupt,” which she attributed to Will, never appeared in.

Moseley-Braun probe after consulting with the department's Public Integrity Division, which investigates possible corruption by office-holders.

Braun opened herself to charges of corruption for the sake of an unscrupulous man, and lost her reelection bid to Republican Peter.

Corruption in Moseley-Braun's campaign."I think because he couldn't say nigger, he said corrupt," Moseley-Braun, who is black, said.

Illinois Democrat Carol Moseley Braun paved Two years later Rostenkowski was indicted on corruption charges and lost a re-election bid.

‘Behind the Smile’: the rise and fall of Carol Moseley Braun

‘Behind the Smile: A Story of Carol Moseley Braun’s Historic Senate Campaign’

by Jeannie Morris

Agate Midway, 384 pp., $27

In 1992, the election of four women — including Washington’s Patty Murray — to the U.S.

Senate was historic enough to prompt the slogan, Year of the Woman.

Among that group, one stood out: Carol Moseley Braun, the first African-American woman to serve in the Senate.

In her book, “Behind the Smile: A Story of Carol Moseley Braun’s Historic Senate Campaign,” author Jeannie Morris delivers a behind-the-scenes view of the inner workings of one very erratic and problematic, but ultimately successful, run for office.

The tale would’ve been gripping enough as one of an unlikely candidate beating the odds.

But instead, it twists into one of a brilliant career dimmed because of poor personal choices. In this case, Moseley Braun let a romantic relationship with her campaign manager, Kgosie Matthews, thw