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Posted on 04/21/2026 2:50:04 PM PDT by Morgana
A Florida Democrat has resigned from Congress after allegedly stealing millions in COVID relief funds, some of which she is accused of spending on a glitzy ring.
Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick, 46, was awaiting punishment after being accused of using millions that her family's health care company received during the pandemic to fuel her political campaign.
Last month, the bipartisan House Ethics Committee found that she had committed numerous violations of House rules and ethics standards, including the alleged theft of more than $5 million in taxpayer funds - part of which she is accused of spending on a flashy diamond ring.
The committee investigated 27 counts of 'violations' connected to the millions she's accused of funneling into her campaign and found 'substantial evidence' to support 'extensive misconduct.'
She was separately indicted by a federal grand jury in Miami in November and is awaiting trial. The ex-congresswoman denies the charges against her and pleaded not guilty.
Cherfilus-McCormick's resignation came as her own colleagues were plotting to expel her from Congress over the messy fiscal affair - in an extremely rare move.
The former congresswoman, along with a handful of co-conspirators, is accused of steering money that came into a family health-care company she ran with her brother, Edwin Cherfilus, into her campaign coffers through 'straw donations.'
The November indictment in Cherfilus–McCormick's case accuses her of purchasing a 3.14–carat 'Fancy Vivid Yellow Diamond' ring from a New York jeweler for $109,000, per CBS12.
Her official house portrait appears to show a similar piece of jewelry adorning her finger.
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Steal millions from Congressionally-approved taxpayer funding to get elected to the same Congress that set up the program you stole from in the first place. Nice.
She’s the perfect Democrat.
I bet she gets to keep the money, as a “just leave” present.
Maybe SOLC L
Maybe SPLC is hirinf
That doesn’t seem bad enough for congress to kick you out.
Boo Boo, quick! We need you!
Steal $500 Million, and they give you honorary degrees and hold cocktail receptions in your honor.
It's just a matter of sharing what you steal. The James, Mosby, Hillyard, Willis, Bass, and the like have hit to learn..
I’ll be damned.. another one of them.
Yep, I remember that movie. The mafia guys didn’t want to attract attention by spending on big ticket items...
Broward County is between Miami and Palm Beach.
Oh, how times change...
In 1964 - Broward voted 80,000 to 60,000 for Barry Goldwater!
In 2026 - Broward is 30% Black and has a very large Democrat Jewish Community, originally from New York state.
That would be racist.
She called it a witch hunt but she quits her job. Typical lying criminal democrat.
That special drawn district went 69 percent for Kamala.
RE: ...$5 million in taxpayer funds - part of which she is accused of spending on a flashy diamond ring.
This Diamond Ring
Sung by Gary Lewis and the Playboys (son of Jerry Lewis) Written by Al Kooper who played organ on Like a Rolling Stone.
This diamond ring can mean something beautiful
And this diamond ring can mean dreams that are coming true
And then your heart won’t have to break like mine did
If there’s love behind it.
This diamond ring doesn’t shine for me anymore
And this diamond ring doesn’t mean what it meant before
So then your heart won’t have to break like mine did
If there’s love behind it.
Would you mind mentioning the name of the movie?
Thanks.
Photo....
I have a call in to the Southern Poverty Law Center. They haven’t responded but they’ll take good care of me. They’re probably busy with other cases today, I guess. Funny.
The Black Caucus and the NAACP both said they’d help.
What is that thing crawling up her jacket?
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