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TexasTowelie

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Thu Apr 4, 2019, 06:04 PM Apr 2019

Rachel Dolezal settles welfare fraud case, agrees to community service, restitution

Rachel Dolezal, who gained notoriety in 2015 when it was revealed that she was a white woman posing as black, has reached an agreement in her welfare fraud case that could see her charges dropped.

Dolezal, the former Spokane, Wash., NAACP leader, was accused of taking more than $8,000 in government money between August 2015 and December 2017 while not reporting almost $83,000 in income during that time period, including from the sale of her memoir, “In Full Color.”

She pleaded not guilty in June, claiming that she “fully disclosed her information.”

Dolezal’s attorney, Bevan Maxey, told KXLY Thursday that she has agreed to pay restitution and do community service. If she follows through within a year, all charges will be dismissed.

Read more: https://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/ny-rachel-dolezal-welfare-fraud-settlement-20190404-hfmpaq6qcrcrvdrjz7riz6ipne-story.html

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Rachel Dolezal settles welfare fraud case, agrees to community service, restitution (Original Post) TexasTowelie Apr 2019 OP
That is a very odd woman. I really don't know what to think. comradebillyboy Apr 2019 #1
I have no troubling knowing what I think. PoindexterOglethorpe Apr 2019 #4
Wow malaise Apr 2019 #2
Free Rachel Rustyeye77 Apr 2019 #3
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