Michael A. Brown (American politician)
American politician
Michael Arrington Brown (born March 4, 1965) is an American politician in Washington, D.C. In 2008, he was elected an at-large member of the Council of the District of Columbia and served one four-year term.
Brown lived in Chevy Chase. He served a prison sentence for bribery from 2014 to 2016. His father was Ron Brown, a former United States Secretary of Commerce.
Early life
Brown was born in Kassel, West Germany, while his father was stationed there for the Army. He moved to the District of Columbia at age six. He graduated from Mackin Catholic High School in Washington, then received a Bachelor of Science degree from Clark University in 1987. He received a Juris Doctor degree from Widener University School of Law in 1991, but he did not pass the bar.
In 1993, he served as political director of America's Fund, a fund-raising network for political candidates of color.
In 1997, Brown pleaded guilty to the misdemeanor of contributing to the 1994 reelection campaign of Sen.
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