After a rare and dramatic public hearing, a special House Ethics subcommittee on Friday found Rep. Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick, D-Fla., guilty of 25 ethics charges, capping a three-year investigation into allegations she stole millions in federal relief funds and funneled some of that to her congressional campaign.
The secret vote came after Cherfilus-McCormick and her attorney sat for a nearly seven-hour televised House trial, after which lawmakers on the panel deliberated overnight for hours before reaching their decision.
Cherfilus-McCormick has denied wrongdoing and pleaded not guilty in a separate but related federal criminal case.
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The decision likely sets the stage for Cherfilus-McCormick’s ouster from Congress.
Rep. Greg Steube, R-Fla., said Friday in a post on X that he will try to expel Cherfilus-McCormick once the Ethics Committee makes its recommendation about how to sanction her.
The committee said it will hold a hearing after the House’s two-week spring recess to determine any possible sanctions, which could include censure, removal from committees or expulsion.
Several Democrats also called on Cherfilus-McCormick to either resign or be expelled.
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The House Ethics panel — which is made up of an equal number of Republicans and Democrats — began conducting its own investigation of the congresswoman in 2023, after the nonpartisan Office of Congressional Ethics said the committee should probe the matter.
In December, the House Ethics subcommittee tasked with investigating Cherfilus-McCormick adopted a statement of alleged violations against the Florida Democrat. It detailed 27 counts in which the subcommittee determined there was “substantial reason to believe” that she violated House rules, regulations or the law.
The investigative subcommittee “reviewed over 33,000 documents totaling hundreds of thousands of pages of materials and conducted 28 witness interviews” before making its determination. In January, the panel, led by Chairman Michael Guest, R-Miss., and ranking member Rep. Mark DeSaulnier, D-Calif., formed a separate, special adjudicatory subcommittee to evaluate the other subcommittee’s findings.
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