A top aide to U.S. Rep. Corrine Brown will meet next week with a federal judge about whether his attorney’s other clients pose problems for handling his scheduled fraud trial. Ronnie Simmons, Brown’s chief of staff, was indicted with the congresswoman in July on charges centering on prosecutors’ contention that money donated to a scholarship organization Brown supported, One Door for Education, was used like a slush fund for their private benefit. Simmons pleaded not guilty and is being defended by Orlando attorney Anthony Suarez. read more