Democrat ‘Guilty’ of Dozens of Violations Facing Expulsion from Congress

Washington just got hit with a political grenade.

Rep. Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick, a Florida Democrat, is now staring down a career-ending scandal after the House Ethics Committee said Friday that she was guilty of nearly all the ethics charges brought against her in a case involving millions in federal money.

In a blistering statement, the committee said Cherfilus-McCormick was found guilty on all but two of 27 counts, declaring the evidence against her “clear and convincing.” That kind of language is about as serious as it gets on Capitol Hill — and it now opens the door to a full House vote that could kick her out of Congress for good.

The accusations are explosive. Cherfilus-McCormick is alleged to have misappropriated $5 million in FEMA funds tied to a COVID-19 vaccination staffing contract awarded to her family’s home health care business. Investigators say the money did not just disappear into bad bookkeeping. Instead, it was allegedly shuffled through multiple accounts, with a large chunk ultimately funneled into her campaign.

That claim alone is enough to send shockwaves through Washington.

For conservatives, the case is likely to be seen as a glaring example of exactly what they have been warning about for years — massive government spending, weak oversight, and taxpayer dollars allegedly being turned into political fuel.

Now the fallout could be brutal.

If the full House takes the next step, Cherfilus-McCormick could be expelled in one of the most dramatic ethics collapses in recent memory. What started as an investigation has now become a full-blown political inferno, and the pressure on House leadership is only going to grow.

This is a breaking story, and more developments are expected.