Florida House Democrat charged with stealing $5 million in FEMA funds
The Department of Justice charged Rep. Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick (D-FL) on Wednesday with stealing $5 million in Federal Emergency Management Agency funds, laundering it, and using the proceeds for her 2021 congressional campaign. McCormick was first elected to Congress in 2022 in a special election after the death of Rep. Alcee Hastings. Cherfilus-McCormick and her brother’s [.].