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Former Congresswoman Corrine Brown, center, is escorted to the Federal Courthouse in Jacksonville, Fla., Monday, May 1, 2017, for the start of the second week of her trial on federal fraud and tax charges. (Bob Self/The Florida Times-Union via AP)
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One Door president Carla Wiley, right, with her attorney Gray Thomas walk to the Federal Courthouse in Jacksonville, Fla., Monday, May 1, 2017, where she was scheduled to testify during the trial of former congresswoman Corrine Brown on federal fraud and tax charges . Wiley is the president of One Door charity which prosecutors say was used by former U.S. Rep. Corrine Brown as a personal slush fund. Wiley has already pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit wire fraud. (Bob Self/The Florida Times-Union via AP)
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This photo released by the Howard County Police Department shows David M. Watson, who escaped from the custody of the Wicomico County Sheriff's Office at Clifton T. Perkins Hospital Center in Jessup, Md. Wicomico County Department of Corrections Director George Kaloroumakis said Friday, April 28, 2017, Watson, an inmate from Delaware, was being taken to the hospital for an evaluation, but he escaped in the hospital's parking lot. Authorities are searching for him. (Howard County Police Department via AP)
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In this March 23, 2017, file photo, House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi of Calif. speaks during a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, File)
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FILE - In this July 17, 2011, file photo, Casey Anthony, center, walks out of the Orange County Jail with her attorney Jose Baez, left, upon her release in Orlando, Fla. Baez won an acquittal for Anthony in the death of her daughter, and for former New England Patriots tight end Aaron Hernandez in his 2017 double-murder trial. Baez said he feels driven to defend people accused of crimes because he believes they are sometimes treated harshly by the system and deserve a chance. (Red Huber/Orlando Sentinel via AP, Pool, File)
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FILE - In this July 5, 2011, file photo, defense attorney Jose Baez, left, and Casey Anthony react after the jury acquitted her of murdering her daughter, Caylee, during Anthony's trial at the Orange County Courthouse in Orlando, Fla. Baez also won an acquittal for former New England Patriots tight end Aaron Hernandez in his 2017 double-murder trial. Baez said he feels driven to defend people accused of crimes because he believes they are sometimes treated harshly by the system and deserve a chance. (Red Huber/Orlando Sentinel via AP, Pool, File)
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FILE - In this March 1, 2017, file photo, lead defense attorney Jose Baez delivers his opening statement to the jury on the first day of former New England Patriots tight end Aaron Hernandez's double-murder trial at Suffolk Superior Court in Boston. Baez won an acquittal for Hernandez, and for Casey Anthony in 2011 in the death of her toddler. (AP Photo/Stephan Savoia, Pool, File)
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FILE - In this file photo taken Thursday, May 26, 2016, a sign welcomes residents and visitors to the tiny town in Dietrich, Idaho. Community leaders in Idaho are collecting stories of violence and discrimination in the wake of a sexual assault of a disabled black athlete by his white teammates that shocked not only a small town but residents across the state. (AP Photo/Kimberlee Kruesi, File)
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Corey Jacob plays with his cat, Nighty, outside the van he has been sleeping in, Tuesday April 18, 2017 in Rochester, Minn. Pulling together all of his resources, Jacob got the van in March. A drunk driver slammed into the van a few nights ago while it was parked disabling it. (Ken Klotzbach/The Rochester Post-Bulletin via AP)
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FILE- In this Monday, Oct. 26, 2015 file photo, Asian Olympic leader Kuwaiti Sheik Ahmad Al-Fahad Al-Sabah speaks during an interview with the Associated Press at the Washington Hilton, in Washington. Ahmad denies claims in a U.S. federal court that he bribed FIFA voters.(AP Photo/Andrew Harnik, File)
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This undated photo provided by the Polk County Sheriff's Office shows John Camfield, a 48-year-old driver accused of fleeing after hitting three children when they got off a school bus, Thursday, April 27, 2017, in Ponciana, Fla. Polk County Sheriff's spokeswoman Carrie Horstman said in a news release that two of the children were critically injured when the car hit them on Thursday afternoon. She says the suspect, John Camfield, also hit another car before an off-duty sheriff's deputy who lives in the area arrested him. (Polk County Sheriff's Office via AP)
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President Donald Trump, left, stands with National Rifle Association Executive Vice President Wayne LaPierre, right, as he arrives for the National Rifle Association Leadership Forum, Friday, April 28, 2017, in Atlanta. (Curtis Compton/Atlanta Journal-Constitution via AP)
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FILE - In this April 28, 2017, file photo, Attorney General Jeff Sessions speaks in Central Islip, N.Y. With two dust-ups in one week, first with a Hawaiian judge and another with leaders of the nation’s largest and most powerful police department, Sessions sounds to some more like the conservative senator from Alabama he once was rather than the top prosecutor he is today. (AP Photo/Frank Franklin II, File)
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Arizona Diamondbacks pitcher Robbie Ray throws to a Colorado Rockies batter during the first inning of a baseball game, Friday, April 28, 2017, in Phoenix. (AP Photo/Matt York)
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Colorado Rockies' Trevor Story celebrates his solo home run against the Arizona Diamondbacks during the third inning of a baseball game, Friday, April 28, 2017, in Phoenix. (AP Photo/Matt York)
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Colorado Rockies pitcher Kyle Freeland throws against the Arizona Diamondbacks during the third inning of a baseball game, Friday, April 28, 2017, in Phoenix. (AP Photo/Matt York)
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Colorado Rockies' Trevor Story celebrates his solo home run with Carlos Gonzalez (5) against the Arizona Diamondbacks during the third inning of a baseball game, Friday, April 28, 2017, in Phoenix. (AP Photo/Matt York)
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Barbara Byrd-Bennett appears to rub her eyes as she leaves the Dirksen U.S. Courthouse in Chicago on Friday, April 28, 2017, after being sentenced for her role in a bribery scandal. The former head of Chicago Public Schools was sentenced to more than four years in prison on Friday for steering $23 million in city contracts to education firms for a cut of more than $2 million in kickbacks. (Terrence Antonio James/Chicago Tribune via AP)
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Barbara Byrd-Bennett leaves the Dirksen U.S. Courthouse in Chicago on Friday, April 28, 2017, after being sentenced for her role in a bribery scandal. The former head of Chicago Public Schools was sentenced to more than four years in prison on Friday for steering $23 million in city contracts to education firms for a cut of more than $2 million in kickbacks.(Terrence Antonio James/Chicago Tribune via AP)
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Barbara Byrd-Bennett leaves the Dirksen U.S. Courthouse in Chicago on Friday, April 28, 2017, after being sentenced for her role in a bribery scandal. The former head of Chicago Public Schools was sentenced to more than four years in prison on Friday for steering $23 million in city contracts to education firms for a cut of more than $2 million in kickbacks. (Terrence Antonio James/Chicago Tribune via AP)