A former West Virginia official who was ousted after calling Michelle Obama an 'ape in heels' admitted to defrauding FEMA out of $18,000

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• Pamela Taylor, 57, admitted to falsely registering for more than $18,000 in FEMA disaster relief benefits following West Virginia flooding in 2016, the Department of Justice said. 
• The Department of Justice said Taylor claimed to have lost her house in the flood, but an investigation revealed she was still living in the home she claimed was damaged. 
• She faces up to 30 years in prison and a fine of as much as $500,000 when she is sentenced in May. 
• In 2016, Taylor lost her job with the Clay County Development Corporation after calling then-first lady Michelle Obama an "ape in heels" in a Facebook post. 

A former West Virginia official who lost her job after calling Michelle Obama an "ape in heels" has pleaded guilty to defrauding the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) out of more than $18,000.

Pamela Taylor, 57, last week admitted to falsely registering for more than $18,000 in FEMA disaster relief benefits after historic flooding devastated Clay County, West Virginia, in June 2016, according to a Department of Justice press release.

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