Posted on 11/20/2025 6:01:10 AM PST by Diana in Wisconsin
MIAMI — U.S. Rep. Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick of Florida has been indicted on charges accusing her of stealing $5 million in federal disaster funds and using some of the money to aid her 2021 campaign, the Justice Department said Wednesday.
The Democrat is accused of stealing Federal Emergency Management Agency overpayments that her family health care company had received through a federally funded COVID-19 vaccination staffing contract, federal prosecutors said. A portion of the money was then funneled to support her campaign through candidate contributions, prosecutors allege.
"Using disaster relief funds for self-enrichment is a particularly selfish, cynical crime," Attorney General Pam Bondi said in a statement. "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."
A phone message left at Cherfilus-McCormick's Washington office was not immediately returned.
Cherfilus-McCormick was first elected to Congress in 2022 in the 20th District, representing parts of Broward and Palm Beach counties, in a special election after Rep. Alcee Hastings died in 2021.
In December 2024, a Florida state agency sued a company owned by Cherfilus-McCormick's family, saying it overcharged the state by nearly $5.8 million for work done during the pandemic and wouldn't give the money back.
The Florida Division of Emergency Management said it made a series of overpayments to Trinity Healthcare Services after hiring it in 2021 to register people for COVID-19 vaccinations. The agency says it discovered the problem after a single $5 million overpayment drew attention.
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Gravy Train has gone off the tracks, Girlfriend! *SPIT*
Black Dim Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick learned she doesn’t have as much entitlement to get away with it like white Dim Nancy Pelosi.
Another POS elected criminal indicted. HOORAY individuals at Justice Department.
....what was it that Hitlery Clinton said oh, those many years ago....? “Nothing will come of this....”....I ain’t holdin’ my breath here....she is a protected-class minority female...end of story.....
Another POS elected criminal indicted. HOORAY individuals at Justice Department.
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indictment not a referral +++
Cherfilus is pretty creative. A new one. I’m convinced these names contribute to this kind of behavior. Special names = special treatment. Kathy, Jennifer, Susan may have worked out better. I don’t know.
She’ll claim it’s ‘Reparations’.
The federal government borrows money, then recklessly gives it to companies like that one. It’s crazy. And hopeless. We will never get out of debt.
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Another hyphenated name doofus.
I just knew I didn’t have to look.
She looks exactly like someone who would be involved in a Walmart lobby hair-pulling brawl with other welfare ferals.
Import 3rd World = Become 3rd World
She replaced the slimy Alcee Hastings in Congress.
You can’t make up this stuff!
She’ll throw the gay card in 3, 2, 1 and then raise with the Muslim ace.
On
ly a female felon would think she could steal 5 million in public money abnd think she could get away with it.
Has she screamed “Racist Witch Hunt!” yet?
She will...
Note that this article is actually from the Associated Press. NPR is the Associated Press. Why else is almost everything they source from the Associated Press?
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