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Key House Panel Finds ‘Substantial’ Evidence in Fraud Investigation of Florida Democrat
A two-year House Ethics investigation found 27 violations including campaign finance breaches and laundering of $5.8 million in COVID relief funds, overlapping with a federal indictment.
- On Thursday, the House Ethics Committee released a 59-page report adopted Dec. 16, 2025 that details 27 counts against U.S. Rep. Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick.
- Trinity, the family-run company she led, administered COVID vaccine funds and investigators say more than half were funneled to Cherfilus-McCormick and relatives via consulting companies.
- The probe's paper trail shows the subcommittee made 30 requests, issued 59 subpoenas, reviewed over 33,000 documents, and found a June 23, 2021 $2,000,000.00 Trinity wire preceding a campaign transfer.
- She faces criminal proceedings and a scheduled arraignment later this month; a U.S. Justice Department indicted her in November on theft and laundering charges with up to 53 years possible, while the adjudicating subcommittee of the House Ethics Committee weighs formal sanctions.
- In a Jan. 20 filing her attorney D. Michael Stroud argued Cherfilus-McCormick disputes the findings and invoked her Fifth Amendment right, urging the committee to pause proceedings due to a pending criminal matter.
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This Democrat Could Be Expelled From Congress If GOP Rep Has His Way
After the House Ethics Committee announced it found over two dozen instances of “serious financial crimes” against Rep. Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick, D-Fla., Rep. Greg Steube, R-Fla., announced on Thursday night he will be filing a resolution to expel the congresswoman. “In November, I filed a resolution to expel [Cherfilus-McCormick] following her indictment by the DOJ,” Steube posted on X. “Today’s House Ethics findings detail more than two doze…
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