Pa. Rep. Movita Johnson-Harrell, charged
with stealing more than $500,000 from
her own charity, will resign
Philadelphia Inquirer,
by
Justine Mcdaniel
&
Angela Couloumbis
Original Article
Posted By: MissMolly,
12/5/2019 6:18:52 AM
HARRISBURG — State Rep. Movita Johnson-Harrell, a West Philadelphia Democrat, said Wednesday that she would resign after prosecutors charged her with stealing more than $500,000 from her own nonprofit and spending it on family vacations, designer clothing, furs, personal bills — and her bid for the legislature.
State Attorney General Josh Shapiro said Johnson-Harrell engaged in “brazen corruption” and systematically tried to cover up her crimes by falsifying records and financial statements. “Her theft knew no bounds," Shapiro said as he announced that his office had charged the first-term lawmaker with theft, perjury, tampering with public records, and related crimes Wednesday morning.
Reply 1 - Posted by:
allofus 12/5/2019 6:33:45 AM (No. 253140)
Democrat...... It runs in their Blood....
Enough Said ?
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Reply 2 - Posted by:
DCGIRL 12/5/2019 6:50:18 AM (No. 253163)
And State Attorney General Josh Shapiro is a democrat. He said that Johnson-Harrell "engaged in brazen corruption and systematically tried to cover up her crimes by falsifying records and financial statements" She thought she could get away with it because 1) she african american; 2) muslim and 3) democrat.
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Reply 3 - Posted by:
F15 Gork 12/5/2019 6:57:07 AM (No. 253171)
Any aspiring criminal would be a fool not to go into politics - it’s where the money is.
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Reply 4 - Posted by:
Saryden 12/5/2019 7:00:53 AM (No. 253175)
I think she should be deported. We do not need such people in America. It is time and past to get really tough on crime... especially for those in positions of trust and power.
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Charity fraud? This is like nickels and dimes compared to the Clintons.
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Reply 6 - Posted by:
mobyclik 12/5/2019 7:51:03 AM (No. 253235)
Another Rat involved in criminality, business as usual. The most shocking thing in the article is that the Philadelphia Inquirer actually put the word ''Democrat'' in the first sentence. That is normally buried in the 30th paragraph or left out completely. A little Gold Star for Justine and Angela.
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Reply 7 - Posted by:
Strike3 12/5/2019 8:06:56 AM (No. 253262)
Surprise, black AND muslim. Pennsylvania doesn't make the news very often but when it does it's never any good. This state can compete in corruption at all levels.
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Reply 8 - Posted by:
Newtsche 12/5/2019 8:23:46 AM (No. 253281)
Movita on up
To the east side....
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Reply 9 - Posted by:
Miceal 12/5/2019 8:39:11 AM (No. 253302)
Resign? She needs to go to prison...
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Reply 10 - Posted by:
FunOne 12/5/2019 8:41:44 AM (No. 253306)
Democrat + African-American + Philadelphia = criminal activity.
I wonder if she is from the Philadelphia district that had the 116% voter turnout in the 2016 election.
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Reply 11 - Posted by:
droopydog 12/5/2019 8:43:53 AM (No. 253309)
If she would have gone to Hillary for advice, Movita wouldn't be in this trouble right now.. Of course, Hillary doesn't dispense free advice.
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Reply 12 - Posted by:
hershey 12/5/2019 9:07:09 AM (No. 253337)
Hah, another one bites the dust....
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Reply 13 - Posted by:
Starboard_side 12/5/2019 9:13:53 AM (No. 253352)
FTA:
State Attorney General Josh Shapiro said Johnson-Harrell engaged in “brazen corruption” and systematically tried to cover up her crimes by falsifying records and financial statements.
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“Her theft knew no bounds," Shapiro said as he announced that his office had charged the first-term lawmaker with theft, perjury, tampering with public records, and related crimes Wednesday morning.
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Reply 14 - Posted by:
bhkat 12/5/2019 9:36:53 AM (No. 253389)
These reporters will never get promoted to the national level: they stated that the accused is a dem in the first sentence.
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Reply 15 - Posted by:
lakerman1 12/5/2019 9:45:18 AM (No. 253402)
The President of the Erie City Council, Sonya Arrington, did much the same thing. Her 'charity' was set up to deal with gun violence against youngsters, after her son was shot to death.
Arrington spent much of the charity's money on gambling at the local casino, using her charity's debit cards at the casino to withdraw gambling money.
She refused to resign from Erie City Council, but did not run for reelection. Her crime was at the 100,000 dollar level, I recall. Small potatoes for our black politician, but Erie is a lot smaller than Philly. (Arrington's attorney has been able to secure a delay in the case,for time to 'study the evidence.' (The evidence is contained in casino records, photos of Arrington withdrawing funds at the ATM machine at the casino.)
The charity scam has been perfected by Dollar Bill Clinton and Lady Lucifer - black politicians have got to become as sophisticated as the Clintons, if they want to succeed in politics.
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Reply 16 - Posted by:
ladydawgfan 12/5/2019 1:50:56 PM (No. 253655)
Movita???
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Reply 17 - Posted by:
Strike3 12/5/2019 3:47:34 PM (No. 253758)
Back home she would have had both hands cut off.
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Reply 18 - Posted by:
chance_232 12/5/2019 8:57:02 PM (No. 253948)
The only thing SHOCKING about this story is that the democrat was identified as a democrat in the first sentence.
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She replaced a rep who faced similar charges. Something in the water, I assume.