June 26th, 2013
09:40 PM ET
10 years ago
Tennessee man charged in Romney tax return extortion scheme
Washington (CNN) - A Tennessee man was indicted Wednesday, accused of making a false claim that he had obtained tax returns for then-Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney and then trying to extort money for them, federal prosecutors said.
Michael Mancil Brown, 34, of Franklin is charged with six counts of wire fraud and six counts of extortion. It was not immediately clear Wednesday whether Brown had an attorney.
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Willard is a rat who should have produced his tax returns (himself), but there's no excuse for this type of criminal behavior ever.
Mitt Romney 2016 ?
I think it is the time to make needed laws making all these guys bring back all the illegal money from Cayman Islands, Bermuda, Swiss accounts etc,. It is a black-money–tax it.
People who try to subvert the electoral process with fraud, should lose their citizenship.