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Rep. Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick, D-Fla., resigned moments before the House Ethics Committee was set to consider recommending she be expelled from Congress.
Democratic Rep. Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick of Florida resigned from Congress Tuesday moments before a House Ethics Committee meeting to determine whether any punishment was warranted for her alleged misconduct. She has been charged with stealing nearly $5 million in Federal Emergency Management Agency funds for her campaign and pleaded not guilty.
Rep. Cherfilus-McCormick said she will resign from Congress after facing an expulsion threat tied to more than two dozen alleged ethics violations.
Rep. Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick refused to resign as Republicans prepared a House expulsion vote over her guilty ethics verdict.
