Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick resigns ahead of likely House expulsion

Rep. Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick (D-FL) resigned from Congress on Tuesday ahead of a planned House Ethics Committee sanctions hearing. “This was not a fair process,” Cherfilus-McCormick said in a statement. “The Ethics Committee refused my new attorney’s reasonable request for time to prepare my defense.

By going forward with this process while a criminal indictment is […]