A former West Virginia official who made headlines in 2016 for calling then-First Lady Michelle Obama an "ape in heels" has been sentenced to jail for embezzlement. Taylor previously worked as the director of Clay County Development Corp., a nonprofit which provides services to elderly and low-income residents in the central West Virginia area. She was let go in 2016 after she penned a Facebook post about Michelle Obama following President Trump's election. A few months later, West Virginia was struck by catastrophic flooding that destroyed at least 500 homes and left six people dead. CLICK HERE TO GET THE FOX NEWS APP"Taylor’s fraudulent scheme took FEMA dollars away from those who needed it the most."

Source: Fox News June 02, 2019 14:37 UTC