US Rep. Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick of Florida indicted on charges of stealing $5M in disaster funds

[Omaha Steve]

Source: AP

Updated 7:07 PM CST, November 19, 2025

MIAMI (AP) — U.S. Rep. Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick of Florida has been indicted on charges accusing her of stealing $5 million in federal disaster funds and using some of the money to aid her 2021 campaign, the Justice Department said Wednesday.

The Democrat is accused of stealing Federal Emergency Management Agency overpayments that her family health care company had received through a federally funded COVID-19 vaccination staffing contract, federal prosecutors said. A portion of the money was then funneled to support her campaign through candidate contributions, prosecutors allege.

“Using disaster relief funds for self-enrichment is a particularly selfish, cynical crime,” Attorney General Pam Bondi said in a statement. “No one is above the law, least of all powerful people who rob taxpayers for personal gain. We will follow the facts in this case and deliver justice.”

A phone message left at Cherfilus-McCormick’s Washington office was not immediately returned.



Read more: https://apnews.com/article/cherfilus-mccormick-fema-theft-campaign-funds-35b99f987380c9509735c45dd36db1c8

[SunSeeker]

1. Republicans pioneered using covid funds to pay campaign expenses.

https://www.businessinsider.com/idaho-gop-candidate-used-employees-covid-funds-car-campaign-2022-6

Weird how Bondi has yet to indict a Trump-friendly Republican for anything.

[BaronChocula]

7. They're too busy with pardons

and dropping charges (ahem, Tom Homan)

[Silent Type]

2. Has this been known publicly before now?

[Nictuku]

3. -If- she is Found Guilty by a Court of Law, - then - she Must Pay the Consequences.

Rule of Law.
Always

[angrychair]

4. If true, a bad thing

But the hypocrisy from this administration is impossible to ignore. That orange asshole has committed more crimes in these first ten months then he did in four years of his first term.

[MichMan]

5. If guilty, she needs to pay full restitution

[mackdaddy]

6. I will wait for the actual evidence. I don't believe anything the Pam Bondi DOJ says.

If they are really dirty, then they deserve the consequences.

But, Bondi mostly does Trump's retribution.

[riversedge]

8. Some of the evidence so far ........

She will have her chance to defend herself.
If true, so sad to see this from a Democrat.


..............The Florida Division of Emergency Management said it made a series of overpayments to Trinity Healthcare Services after hiring it in 2021 to register people for COVID-19 vaccinations. The agency says it discovered the problem after a single $5 million overpayment drew attention.

Cherfilus-McCormick was the CEO of Trinity at the time.

The Office of Congressional Ethics said in a January report that Cherfilus-McCormick's income in 2021 was more than $6 million higher than in 2020, driven by nearly $5.75 million in consulting and profit-sharing fees received from Trinity Healthcare Services.

In July, the House Ethics Committee unanimously voted to reauthorize an investigative subcommittee to examine allegations involving Cherfilus-McCormick.

[orangecrush]

9. Nothing coming from Bondi is valid

Nothing.

Zero credibility.

[Jose Garcia]

10. She's my Congresswoman!

[travelingthrulife]

11. Didn't every single Republican in the country do this?

It is why Trump announced there would be no oversight on the funds.

[Kid Berwyn]

12. "No one is above the law."

Good thing for Bondi Piggy doesn’t read.