Tawanna P. Gaines (D-Prince George’s) and then-Prince George’s County Executive Rushern L. Baker III during a meeting in Annapolis in 2011. (Mark Gail/The Washington Post)Longtime Maryland delegate Tawanna P. Gaines, a Prince George’s County Democrat who has served in House leadership, was charged with federal wire fraud Monday, accused of using $22,000 in campaign funds for personal expenses. In 2017, Gary Brown, also of Baltimore, was sentenced to probation for illegally bypassing state campaign finance limits while working for then-Baltimore mayoral candidate Catherine E. Pugh. When he learned that the resignation was tied to alleged campaign finance impropriety, Pinsky added: “I was even more taken aback. Read more:House Speaker Adrienne Jones ‘knows how to get people to behave themselves’House speaker’s race leaves bitter taste in Prince George’s CountyPrince George’s pit-bull ban: Racist and ineffective?

Source: Washington Post October 07, 2019 16:20 UTC