Rep. Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick (D-FL.) resigned from Congress on Tuesday, just hours before the House Ethics Committee was set to issue a recommendation on whether she should be expelled.
The resignation, which takes effect immediately, follows the bipartisan ethics panel finding that Cherfilus-McCormick committed 25 ethics violations, including breaking campaign finance laws. In November 2025, the Department of Justice indicted the congresswoman for allegedly stealing $5 million in federal disaster relief funds to finance her campaign.
“This was not a fair process,” Cherfilus-McCormick said in a statement. “The Ethics committee refused my new attorney’s reasonable request for time to prepare my defense. By going forward with this process while a criminal indictment is pending, the Committee prevented me from defending myself.”
“I will not stand by and pretend this has been anything other than a witch hunt,” she added.
Last week, a federal judge in Miami postponed Cherfilus-McCormick’s criminal fraud trial until February 2027, citing a trove of evidence still under review.
Cherfilus-McCormick is the third House member to resign since April 13. Former representatives Eric Swalwell (D-CA) and Tony Gonzales (R-TX) resigned following sex and misconduct scandals.
Congresswoman Beth Van Duyne (R-TX), who was a local representative for 12 years, described a disconnect between Washington elites and everyday Americans.
“People know where you shop. They know where you eat. They know where your kids go to school. They know where you go to church. And I would just never think to do some of this stuff,” Duyne said in an interview with The Daily Wire on Tuesday. “The further away you get, I guess, from your constituents, the more you think you can get away with it.”
— Congresswoman Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick (@CongresswomanSC) April 21, 2026
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