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Florida Democrat Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick resigned from Congress on Tuesday, just minutes before the House Ethics Committee was set to vote on sanctioning her, effectively sidestepping formal punishment. She faces federal charges for allegedly misusing more than $5 million in federal disaster funds and was found to have committed more than 20 ethics violations.
Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick, a Florida Democratic congresswoman, is trending after resigning from Congress on Tuesday minutes before the House Ethics Committee voted on sanctioning her over federal charges for misusing disaster funds and 20+ ethics violations.
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