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Posted on 04/25/2026 10:42:55 AM PDT by Libloather
Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick is still registered to run for re-election despite having resigned from office amid congressional and federal probes for allegedly mishandling disaster relief funding for personal gain.
On April 17, Cherfilus-McCormick submitted a notice of her candidacy to the Florida Department of State as a Democrat just a week before officially stepping down from office.
She resigned on Tuesday.
The filing raises questions about whether Cherfilus-McCormick believes she can still pursue political office despite facing intense scrutiny at the moment.
Her office did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
Cherfilus-McCormick’s decision to resign from office came right before the House Ethics Committee was scheduled to recommend she be punished for misusing disaster relief funding that she allegedly funneled through several companies into her campaign coffers.
The committee found that she had committed 18 campaign finance violations, five counts of false financial disclosures, three counts of misusing official funds and one count of lack of candor.
Cherfilus-McCormick maintained her innocence but announced that she would defend herself outside of her time in office.
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My understanding is that by filing to run for election again in November, she can continue to use her campaign funds to pay her cronies until the money runs out.
My guess is jail for grand larceny, money laundering, embezzelment etc. In the right court in Florida, she will go up the river for years.
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With all the allegations made by whitey she can run again and probably be elected by her constituents.
Kind of like Adam Clayton Powell.
justice.gov
South Florida Congresswoman Charged with Stealing $5M
in FEMA Funds and Making Illegal Campaign Contributions
Wednesday, November 19, 2025
DOJ—For Immediate Release
Office of Public Affairs
MIAMI – A federal grand jury in Miami has returned an indictment charging Congresswoman Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick and several co-defendants with stealing federal disaster funds, laundering the proceeds, and using the money to support her 2021 congressional campaign.
According to the indictment, Cherfilus-McCormick, 46, and her brother Edwin Cherfilus, 51, Miramar, through their family health-care company on a FEMA-funded COVID-19 vaccination staffing contract in July 2021, inadvertently received an overpayment of $5M in FEMA funds.
The indictment alleges that the defendants conspired to steal that $5 million and routed it through multiple accounts to disguise its source. Prosecutors allege that a substantial portion of the misappropriated funds was used as candidate contributions to Cherfilus-McCormick’s 2021 congressional campaign and for the personal benefit of the defendants.
The indictment further alleges that Cherfilus-McCormick and Nadege Leblanc, 46, of Miramar, arranged additional contributions using straw donors, funneling other monies from the FEMA-funded Covid-19 contract to friends and relatives who then donated to the campaign as if using their own money.
The indictment also charges Cherfilus-McCormick and her 2021 tax preparer David K. Spencer, 41, of Davie, with conspiring to file a false federal tax return. According to the indictment, they falsely claimed political spending and other personal expenses as business deductions and inflated charitable contributions in order to reduce her tax obligations.
“Using disaster relief funds for self-enrichment is a particularly selfish, cynical crime,” said Attorney General Pamela Bondi. “No one is above the law, least of all powerful people who rob taxpayers for personal gain. We will follow the facts in this case and deliver justice.”
U.S. Attorney Jason A. Reding Quiñones for the Southern District of Florida stated, “Today’s indictment shows no one is above the law. This indictment reflects our Office’s commitment to follow the facts, apply the law, and protect the American taxpayer. Public money belongs to the American people. When FEMA funds are diverted for personal or political gain, it erodes trust and harms us all. We will continue to work with our law enforcement partners to ensure that American taxpayer dollars are used as intended and that the public’s trust is safeguarded.”
If convicted, Cherfilus-McCormick faces up to 53 years in prison. Edwin Cherfilus faces up to 35 years, Leblanc up to 10 years, and Spencer up to 33 years.
U.S. Attorney Reding Quiñones; Special Agent in Charge Brett D. Skiles of the FBI, Miami Field Office; and Special Agent in Charge Ronald A. Loecker of the IRS Criminal Investigation (IRS-CI), Florida Field Office, made the announcement.
FBI Miami and the IRS-CI Florida Field Office are investigating the case.
Assistant U.S. Attorneys Alejandra L. López and Yeney Hernández and DOJ Criminal Division Trial Attorney John P. Taddei are prosecuting the case.
An indictment is merely an allegation. All defendants are presumed innocent until proven guilty beyond a reasonable doubt in a court of law.
Related court documents and information may be found on the website of the District Court for the Southern District of Florida at www.flsd.uscourts.gov or at PACER. Case number is forthcoming.
Uppity biat*h, isn’t she? Those good luck RACE Cards and get out of jail free cards really work a number on whitey when they are played.
Federal charges. She’ll likely get convicted, but will probably do 18-24 months or so in prison. Just my guess. We’ll see.
Government money is just low-hanging fruit. It’s not considered stealing in the jungle community.
It’s reparations, by a different name.
It’s stickin’ it to da man!
It’s stickin’ it to da man!
“But sir, you are The Man, so you’d be sticking it to yourself.”
Tiffany Henyard is now running a clothing boutique.
Yes but that’s her rallying cry!
This shouldn’t happen & I figured there was an angle involved somehow & maybe this was. Sounds like she very likely will be no longer involved in politics.
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