State Rep. Movita Johnson-Harrell, charged with $500k theft, hands in resignation
One day after being charged with taking more than $500,000 from her own nonprofit, Rep. Movita Johnson-Harrell submitted her resignation on Thursday, saying she would leave the Pennsylvania legislature next Friday.
“While I dispute many of the allegations lodged against me, I accept responsibility for some missteps made before I became an elected official,” Johnson-Harrell wrote in a letter to Speaker Mike Turzai. “I am choosing to resign to protect my district, to allow for an orderly election for my successor, and to focus on my defense to these allegations.”
The West Philadelphia Democrat was charged Wednesday with theft, perjury, tampering with public records, and related crimes.
State Attorney General Josh Shapiro said a guilty plea would “be worked out” and Johnson-Harrell faces jail time. She said in a statement after being charged that she would “accept responsibility for any actions that were inappropriate” but that she vigorously disputed many of the charges.
Under state law, Turzai must call for a special election within 10 days of a vacancy, and that election must be held at least 60 days after the speaker calls for it. That means the election to fill Johnson-Harrell’s seat can’t be held until mid-to-late February.
Johnson-Harrell, 53, is accused of moving money from her nonprofit, Motivations Education & Consultation Associates (MECA), into her personal account, about $39,500 of which she donated at different times to her campaign committee, Friends of Movita.
Prosecutors said she spent tens of thousands of dollars on personal bills, online shopping, designer clothing, family vacations, political donations, and more.
She is the second consecutive representative of the 190th District in West Philadelphia to leave the seat after being charged with crimes. Johnson-Harrell was elected in a March special election to replace Vanessa Lowery Brown, who was convicted of bribery and other charges and resigned last December.
“We are deeply concerned any time someone entrusted with a position of public leadership is accused of crimes that impugn the integrity of elected office,” Turzai and House Majority Leader Bryan Cutler (R., Lancaster) said in a statement Thursday. “In light of the actions announced [Wednesday] by the attorney general we appreciate Rep. Johnson-Harrell’s resignation.”
Johnson-Harrell was known for her work to end gun violence, which killed her father, brother, and son.
“I will survive these charges and will continue my work to end the gun violence in our cities,” Johnson-Harrell wrote in her resignation letter, “and to otherwise care for the people I have been fortunate to represent.”
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Sad part is she one of many.
From dindu nuffins to “mis-steps”. I guess this is progress of some kind. Maybe its time to double the dose of midnight basketball.
I will survive these charges and will continue my work to end the gun violence in our cities,” Johnson-Harrell wrote in her resignation letter, “and to otherwise care for the people I have been fortunate to represent.”
Of course she will still work to end gun violence (by of course taking guns from the people who didn’t do it). It’s not really like going after the mindset of the people who use the guns to steal and murder that is the problem. Maybe she should go after pen violence too. That’s the only tool that she needed. So going after the pens that wrote the checks is the same as going after the guns that did the shootings. Take away the pens, and she wouldn’t done what she did. She’s a victim of all the violence now too. It wasn’t her fault. Plus to end the gun violence she needed to look good to get elected. Taking the money was the lesser of two evils again.
From the looks of her perhaps it would be wise to also remove her forks and spoons….
And grab that gravy boat!
Good one!
Put a negro in charge and this is what you get. Obama’s is a good example. Put a negro in charge – and they will fuck things up.
But….But… They are not all bad.There are some good ones you know. Right…..(sarc.)
….and if the negro is a preacher he will fuck all the time and get to eat fried chicken for every “visit” he makes.
And I reiterate as in a similar sentiment somewhere else in this website;
http://www.realhistoryww.com/world_history/ancient/Misc/World_genocide/World_genocide.htm
http://www.realhistoryww.com/world_history/ancient/Misc/IQ/IQ.htm
Ignorant classless clown…….needs prison time and fast…..
Will probably be sentenced by an Obama appointed judge for the dark district she lives in–gets 6 months at Club Politico Crime and then runs for a HOR seat… or maybe she can be Mayor like Marion Barry
Afirmative Action economics and political studies program graduate.
I don’t care what color, ethnic background or political persuasion she is. What I do care about is the charges that have been brought against her. If she is guilty then impose a fair and meaningful punishment. My gut says this individual will most likely go free for all the wrong reasons. This is precisely why we, as a country, are in a sad state of affairs. If she is guilty and not punished, then this should be what pisses all the good individuals in this country off.
A microcosm of what is happening in the swamp
Nice boomerpoast. Those sentiments were perhaps applicable in 1990, but post-Obama the nogs are in full-blown gibsmedat mode, and the jewdicial system is hellbent on over-punishing Whites while ignoring black crime or jew banksterism.
America has turned into Yugoslavia, but this time with negroes!
Black crime and jewish power are related.
Someone please explain why Hillary Rodham can do it with millions of dollars and gets off with no worry while the black sow is gonna (maybe, though doubtful) pay the price? Better yet, let’s hear from Hillary about how utterly awful White Privilege is. Oh, dumb me-forgot the hypocrisy thing.
Slap a headscarf on Hillbitch and you have twin grifters sisters.
Are black politicians more prone to crime, or are they just not nearly as good at getting away with it? Maybe both?
Yes
Very few of ’em have freezers.
???
Political black guy down in New Orlean, kept his free government money that he had earned in the freezer and got flooded out with Katrina, but while people drowned he got a boat and rescued it.
In the south especially, the “good ‘ole boy” networks controlled everything. In some cases, like liquor distribution, they still do. In the case of city and county governments, the blacks have taken over. From what I can tell, they have basically taken the attitude “well, they got theirs when they were in power, now we gonna get ours.” Typical TRIBAL attitude. The same thing continues to go on in Africa, with the switching of tribal power over government operations.
You keep blaming black people and Africans for the mess Africa is in, a mess created by White people. Before the arrival of the white man in Africa, Africans had their own indigenous system of life and governance that was far superior to anything created by the white man. A system that was in balance with nature. The african was able to perform natural feats that the white man couldn’t even imagine, so the white man, coveteous as he’s naturally inlined to be, sought to destroy this and labelled these feats as ‘Witchcraft’ and ‘Voodoo’.
The white man imposed an opressive and naturally decaying system on Africans, something that was strange and alien to Africans. Its like asking lion to survive on vegetables. Sure, in the absence of meat, the lion will eat the vegetables, but will the lion’s perfomance be optimal?
Even whites themselves are unable to make their own system work for them (evidenced by USA’s and UK’s theatrical political shenanigans). So kindly, before throwing accusations about Africans, clean up your house first.
“and to otherwise care for the people I have been fortunate to represent.”
Illiterate to boot. What a surprise. But “fortunate” is the right word right up to fortunate turning into denial.
Another crooked politician caught with their hand in the cookie jar. Nothing to see here, move along, move along.
I feel confident that she will also protect her state pension by resigning rather than being thrown out after she pleads guilty.
Irony is– the constituents in her district, who she and lots of others like her in these inner cities steal from, will defend these crooks because they ARE black. They will literally riot to protect and defend these crooks who are stealing from them…
She’s low hanging fruit. Just think about those with a few extra IQ points are getting away with…..
What is the difference between a typical adult black male and a large pizza? A large pizza can feed a family of four.
Here is a joke about the people who vote for the same bat shit crazy, Communist politicians as the blacks, so I think it is appropriate.
What is the difference between a pizza and a Jew? Pizzas don’t scream when they’re put into the oven.
When will Elijah Cummings wife be indicted for exactly the same behavior?
She prolly be sleepin with da judge and keepin ’em warm.
That bitch has one big ass. That’s what happens when they eat high on the hog all day, each day, and all year until they either die or get busted.
In the EBT grocery it is called “pork butt” and is designed to feed lots of chilluns.
Imus constantly made fun of rednecks and Christians, but he made fun of a black woman’s hair once and that was the end of his career. And even though he spent decades and untold millions helping kids with cancer, all the media remembers him as is a Racist. https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2019/dec/27/dj-imus-made-and-betrayed-by-his-mouth-dead-at-79/
I liked Imus. My husband did not.
“Johnson-Harrell was known for her work to end gun violence, which killed her father, brother, and son.” That is some heavy shit right there.
Should we pray she gets in the act, too?
Nigs gonna nig.
Sounds like the weekly news in Dekalb, Fulton, Clayton, and Henry counties in Georgia, and of course the city of Atlanta.
“Gun violence” killed her father, brother, and son? Are we sure that it was not black men who used a gun violently? If guns are becoming spontaneously violent in Philly, thins are worse than I thought.
All politicians are thieves, liars, and traitors to the American people. Every politician, and former politician should be hanging from a lamp post.