Split verdict on tax charges for ex-state legislator Annazette Collins

Former state legislator Annazette Collins leaves the Dirksen U.S. Courthouse on Feb. 12, 2024, after she was convicted on four of six tax-related charges.

“I think that there was a reason, I’m sorry to say we know the reason, why these minuscule charges were pursued by the United States government,” he said. “When it’s all said and done and we’re all able to speak about what’s really going on here, we’ll make it clear. But I don’t think this is a case that ever should have been brought by the United States government.”

Attorney Shay Allen, representing former state legislator Annazette Collins, answers questions in the lobby of the Dirksen U.S. Courthouse on Monday, Feb. 12, 2024, after Collins was convicted on four tax-related charges. In all, prosecutors allege, Collins avoided paying $99,800 in federal taxes over the five-year period in the indictment.

He laid the blame at the feet of two professional accountants who had prepared Collins’ tax returns, saying they were responsible for making sure that the financial information Collins gave them was accurate. Allen likened the government’s case to an Italian restaurant where they “bring you out large amounts of pasta … trying to disguise that the food isn’t good.”

The trial got an injection of drama Friday when prosecutors revealed Collins was fired from an insurance job shortly after leaving the General Assembly for filing bogus insurance policies for customers who either didn’t ask for them or “did not exist.”

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