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Former Maryland Delegate Tawanna Gaines, D-Prince George's, walks with her attorney, William Brennan Jr., toward the U.S. District Court in Greenbelt, Maryland, on Oct. 17, 2019, to appear for her arraignment on a federal wire fraud charge. Capital News Service photo by Elliott Davis.
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Former Md. delegate pleads guilty to wire fraud charge

GREENBELT, Maryland — Former Maryland Delegate Tawanna Gaines, D-Prince George’s, pleaded guilty Thursday to a federal wire fraud charge in the U.S. District Court in Greenbelt, after prosecutors say she used an undisclosed PayPal account to defraud campaign contributors. Gaines,…

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Charges against Md. delegate add to state corruption history

Former Delegate Tawanna Gaines, D-Prince George’s, is scheduled to be arraigned Thursday on a federal wire fraud charge, adding to an already-long list of Maryland lawmakers — largely Democrats — who have been convicted, charged or reprimanded for corruption or other ethical issues in recent years.