WASHINGTON, DC – Law Enforcement Today previously reported that a member of the House of Representatives from Florida was brought before a House committee on Thursday to face possible expulsion from the chamber. On Friday, she learned her fate.
On Friday, a bipartisan panel of House lawmakers announced that Rep. Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick (D-FL) was found guilty of nearly all charges levied against her by the House Ethics Committee via summary judgment. The allegations were outlined by the committee earlier this year, Fox News Digital reported.
On Thursday, the committee conducted a rare public ethics hearing, the first since 2010, that went on for nearly six hours as Cherfilus-McCormick’s attorney was grilled over allegations that his client had laundered millions of dollars in disaster relief funds into her campaign account.
“After careful deliberation that lasted until well past midnight, the adjudicatory subcommittee found that counts 1-15 and 17-26 of the SAV [statement of alleged violations] have been proven,” committee leaders said in a statement, Fox News digital reported.
Cherfilus-McCormick, who is facing a separate federal indictment, was found liable for charges ranging from using ineligible funds to finance her campaign, repeatedly filing false financial disclosure forms, and seeking “special favors” with recipients of earmark funding requests.