Rep. Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick (D-FL) has resigned from Congress, effective immediately, before the House could hold a vote to expel her.
A grand jury indicted Cherfilus-McCormick for allegedly conspiring with her fellow defendants to steal $5 million “through their family health-care company on a FEMA-funded COVID-19 vaccination staffing contract in 2021.”
Cherfilus-McCormick claimed the House Ethics Committee did not allow her new attorney’s request to prepare her defense ahead of a Tuesday hearing.
“Rather than play these political games, I choose to step away so I can devote my time to fighting for my neighbors in Florida’s 20th District,” Cherfilus-McCormick wrote on X. “I hereby resign from the 119th Congress, effective immediately.”
The hearing would have recommended sanctions against Cherfilus-McCormick.
Rep. Greg Steube (R-FL) vowed “to file a motion to expel Cherfilus-McCormick.”
Expulsion requires a two-thirds vote. More and more Democrats voiced support for it so it might have happened.
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