Dem Rep. Bails Before Colleagues Can Oust Her
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Florida congresswoman Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick announced her resignation on Tuesday hours before her Democratic colleagues could vote to boot her from office.
The House Ethics Committee found Cherfilus-McCormick, 47, guilty of 25 ethics violations last month following accusations that the Florida lawmaker had siphoned millions of dollars in federal disaster relief funds to her 2021 congressional campaign.
Last November, the congresswoman was also indicted on federal charges by a Florida grand jury, which, if she is convicted, she will face up to 53 years in prison.
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Rep. Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick Resigns
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- Cherfilus-McCormick is third lawmaker to quit, as wave of scandal swamps US Congress South China Morning Post —
- Democrat borrows Trump’s ‘witch hunt’ refrain to resign from Congress after House ethics probe The Independent —
- House Democrat Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick resigns amid ethics investigation The Guardian —