The House Ethics Committee is holding a rare public hearing into alleged ethics violations by Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick. The hearing Thursday pushes into the open a yearslong investigation into how Florida Democrat has handled campaign finance funds. The two-term congresswoman is facing numerous ethics charges, including failing to follow campaign finance laws, commingling campaign, personal and business funds and violating ethics laws for members of Congress. She’s also facing federal charges for allegedly stealing $5 million in COVID-19 disaster relief funds. She denies any wrongdoing. Some Republican lawmakers are threatening a vote to expel Cherfilus-McCormick from the House.
WASHINGTON (AP) — The House Ethics Committee is holding a rare public hearing Thursday into alleged ethics violations committed by Democratic Rep. Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick of Florida, pushing into the open a yearslong investigation into how she fun… [332 chars]
Source: The Atlanta Journal-Constitution | Published: 2026-03-26T13:22:29Z
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