Rep. Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick’s (D-FL) political future will be at play in a rare public ethics hearing on Thursday, after she was accused of carrying out a multimillion-dollar laundering scheme involving Federal Emergency Management Agency funds.
The House Ethics Committee is considering the case this week. Members will determine whether accusations that Cherfilus-McCormick stole $5 million in FEMA funds, funneling a portion of them to her campaign account, could warrant her expulsion from Congress.
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What is Cherfilus-McCormick charged with?
In November 2025, the Justice Department charged the congresswoman with stealing $5 million in FEMA funds and rerouting much of the proceeds to fund her 2021 congressional campaign, which marked her first successful bid for election to the House. Her brother, former chief of staff and accountant Edwin Cherfilus, was also charged in the alleged scheme.
The development came after a Florida state agency mistakenly paid out the money in 2021 to Cherfilus-McCormick’s family
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