Rep. Cherfilus-McCormick was present with her attorney who argued that the decision by the committee should be postponed so as not to bias a potential jury in a forthcoming criminal trial over the same issues. Cherfilus-McCormick is accused of, essentially, laundering funds mistakenly paid by the state of Florida into a health agency her family owns and using that money to fund her own campaign for office.
After about an hour of deliberation the committee voted that she was guilty of violating House Ethics rules. She now faces a possible expulsion from congress.
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Rep. Cherfilus-McCormick was present with her attorney who argued that the decision by the committee should be postponed so as not to bias a potential jury in a forthcoming criminal trial over the same issues. Cherfilus-McCormick is accused of, essentially, laundering funds mistakenly paid by the state of Florida into a health agency her family owns and using that money to fund her own campaign for office.
After about an hour of deliberation the committee voted that she was guilty of violating House Ethics rules. She now faces a possible expulsion from congress.
She should be removed expeditiously!
They’re probably all guilty to some degree