Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick

Corey Shearer, President of Broward's Black Democratic Caucus, talks Luther Campbell, Debbie Wasserman-Schultz, and Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick, who are among the candidates for the U.S. 20th Congressional District in South Florida.

“Former Congresswoman Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick abused Americans’ trust in the most egregious way possible. She manipulated the COVID-19 crisis to funnel over $5 million dollars of FEMA relief funds to her and her family members,” said James Percival, DHS General Counsel. “This is outright fraud."

Former U.S. Rep. Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick was accused of violating elections law for accepting donations through shell companies stemming from a Haitian government-funded company, according to the Campaign Legal Center complaint.

Tuesday’s resignation of Rep. Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick leaves hundreds of thousands of South Floridians in parts of Broward and Palm Beach counties without a representative in Congress. The seat may remain empty for some time — or at least until next year when a new lawmaker gets elected in November.

She resigned before the House could sanction her in an ethics investigation. Members of the House Ethics Committee on Tuesday were set to weigh what punishment to recommend after they found she committed 25 violations of House rules and ethical standards.

Democratic congresswoman Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick of Florida is facing a critical moment in her political career. Members of the House Ethics Committee on Tuesday will weigh what punishment to recommend after they found Cherfilus-McCormick committed 25 violations of House rules and ethical standards.

The drumbeat to boot U.S. Rep. Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick from Congress is growing louder in Washington.

The full Committee will meet in Washington, D.C., to determine what, if any, sanctions will be recommended to the U.S. House of Representatives. She could be expelled from Congress.

The House Ethics Committee has found Democratic congresswoman Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick of Florida committed numerous violations of House rules and ethics standards.

The House Ethics Committee is holding a rare public hearing into alleged ethics violations by Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick. The hearing Thursday pushes into the open a yearslong investigation into how Florida Democrat has handled campaign finance funds.

The congresswoman has been under investigation by the House Ethics Committee since May 2024 and last year was indicted by the Department of Justice for allegedly stealing $5 million in COVID relief funds.

A Florida congresswoman charged with conspiring to steal $5 million in federal COVID-19 disaster funds has formally pleaded not guilty nearly three months after her indictment. U.S. Rep. Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick was not present for Tuesday's arraignment in Miami federal court, but her attorney, William Barzee, entered the plea on her behalf.