U.S. Rep. Corrine Brown, a Hillary Clinton superdelegate and member of the presumptive nominee’s “Florida Leadership Council,” believes that if the FBI wasn’t investigating her for corruption, they may have prevented the mass shooting in Orlando.

Brown spoke with WFTV on camera after a recent court hearing where she pleaded not guilty to two dozen crimes involving corruption, fraud and tax evasion.

Facing up to 357 years in prison and a $5 million fine, Brown told the media she’s innocent, and blamed the FBI’s investigation into her involvement with the Open Door Education charity for the 49 lives lost in a radical Islamic terrorist attack at an Orlando nightclub shooting last month.

“These are the same agents that was not able to do a thorough investigation … and we ended up with 50 people dead,” Brown told reporters Friday.

The long-serving congresswoman and her chief of staff stand accused of soliciting donations for the unregistered education charity and funneling the funds to accounts they controlled for luxury vacations, lavish receptions, concert and sporting event tickets, and other personal expenses, WFTV reports.

Authorities believe that a mere $1,200 of nearly $800,000 in donations solicited by the charity was spent on the intended purpose of student scholarships. Some of Brown’s charges date back to 2008.

“Congresswoman Brown and her chief of staff are alleged to have used the Congresswoman’s official position to solicit over $800,000 in donations to a supposed charitable organization, only to use that organization as a personal slush fund,” said Assistant Attorney General Leslie Caldwell.  “Corruption erodes the public’s trust in our entire system of representative government.  One of the department’s most important responsibilities is to root out corruption at all levels of government and to bring wrongdoers to justice.”

Brown, of course, claims she’s “clean.”

“My heart is just really heavy,” Brown told reporters Friday. “This has been a very difficult time for me.”

Brown is currently running for reelection in a newly configured district that runs from Jacksonville to Tallahassee and faces two challengers in the state’s Aug. 30 Democratic primary: LaShonda Holloway and Al Lawson.

The winner will take on Republican Glo Smith in November, according to the Orlando Sentinel.

Brown penned a letter to “friends” that was published Sunday on the “Friends of Congresswoman Corrine Brown 2016” blog that also insinuates the FBI investigation into her alleged charity slush fund is racially motivated.

The letter, which features a picture of Brown visiting with school children, reads:

Friends,

Last week was very rough.

Two black men were needlessly gunned down by police; 5 Dallas police officers were slain by a demented man, and on Friday I had to appear in federal court.

My heart is heavy, but my spirit remains unbroken. Being indicted is very scary. Yet my conscience is clear because I’m innocent. I’m not the first black elected official to be persecuted and, sad to say, I won’t be the last.

The most important thing I want you to understand is that an indictment is not a conviction. An indictment is an accusation. Anybody can make an accusation. You’ve heard the prosecutor’s side, but you still have not heard the rest of the story.

In church today the minister reminded us of this verse from Proverbs 18: “The first one to plead his cause seems right, Until his neighbor comes and examines him.”

I did a lot of praying this weekend and I appreciate all the prayers and well wishes I’ve been receiving. Please keep me in your prayers.

Despite all the heartache my family and I have experienced, I want you to know that I’m still in the fight to provide the representation you deserve in Washington.

God bless you.

Sincerely,

Congresswoman Corrine Brown