Rep. Corrine Brown's new attorneys are asking to be removed as her lawyers just two days after taking her as a client.
Brown is facing charges of using funds meant for an educational charity for personal use. This is now Brown's third attorney who is looking to drop the case.
It still has to be approved by a judge, but her latest attorney filed a motion to withdraw from the case, saying the relationship with Congresswoman Brown was becoming hostile.
In the motion, Attorney Mark NeJame said the relationship he had with Brown was strained and they were working in an atmosphere of distrust. He said they have had a difference of opinions but said the specifics of the communications between the two are confidential.
NeJame Law just took on Brown as a client Tuesday. At the time, their statement had a very different tone, saying, "I've known Congresswoman Brown for many years and would hope that the community she has tirelessly served recognizes the immense good work she has done for two decades. She is entitled to the presumption of innocence and vigorously denies any wrongdoing, which will ultimately be established."
Brown is facing 22 counts including conspiracy and fraud charges, all while she's running for re-election. Action News Jax law and safety expert Dale Carson said it's not unusual for a client to go through multiple attorneys, especially in cases like this where the stakes are so high.
"Corrine Brown has a right to an attorney that will do what she wants them to do. She hires them, pays them to do a job which is to represent her in a serious criminal charge," Carson said.
"I'm putting together a legal team it's not just one lawyer. So I have a team and I have a group and part of that team is already together but it's getting that right lead team," Brown said during a debate against her political opponents at Jacksonville University on Thursday night.
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