The New Republic | Democratic Congresswoman Resigns Just Before House Ethics Verdict by Hafiz Rashid

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Democratic Representative Sheila Cherfilus‑McCormick of Florida announced her resignation from the House just hours before the House Ethics Committee was set to announce sanctions, after the panel found she had allegedly diverted $5 million in FEMA Covid‑relief funds to her campaign, purchased luxury items such as a diamond ring, committed 25 ethics violations and now faces 15 federal indictments. In a statement posted on X, she condemned the process as a “witch hunt,” claiming the committee denied her new attorney’s request for time to prepare a defense and that proceeding while a criminal indictment is pending tramples her due‑process rights and tarnishes her reputation. Her departure marks the third congressional resignation in a week—following Democrat Eric Swalwell’s exit amid sexual‑misconduct allegations and Republican Tony Gonzales’s resignation after explicit texts and a related suicide—and comes after she had sought a pardon from former President Trump at a 2022 White House Christmas party, while Republicans such as Nancy Mace and Greg Steube pushed for her expulsion.

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#HouseEthics #FEMA #politics #SheilaCherfilus‑McCormick #EricSwalwell #TonyGonzales #DonaldTrump #NancyMace #GregSteube #CoryMills

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Home - CBSNews.com | Cherfilus-McCormick resigns from Congress before Ethics meeting on sanctions

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Democratic Rep. Sheila Cherfilus‑McCormick of Florida resigned from Congress just before the House Ethics Committee was to decide whether to sanction her for alleged theft of nearly $5 million in FEMA disaster‑relief funds and other campaign‑finance misconduct. Charged with misappropriating the money for luxury items and filing false reports, she faced likely expulsion and a federal trial postponed to February 2027. In a statement she said the process was unfair and chose to step down, prompting the Ethics Committee chair to note it had lost jurisdiction and the sanctions hearing was canceled. Her resignation follows a week in which two other members of Congress also left office amid misconduct investigations.

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@ianb

Will Greg Steube and 92 others weren't toeing the party line anyway. The Bill that they introduced said sex at birth. #DonaldJTrump said sex at *conception*.

(I chuckle at the thought that I'm talking to Ian Betteridge and yet resisting the temptation to put a question mark at the end of Will Greg Steube.)

#USPolitics #GregSteube

And in the "what a fucking dumbass" department...

Via #RawStory

Rep. #GregSteube (R-FL) has come up with a novel way to profess his allegiance for former President #DonaldTrump: name an ocean after him.

According to #Fox News, Steube introduced legislation Friday to "rename the immediate waters surrounding the U.S., called the U.S. #ExclusiveEconomicZone (EEZ), as the 'Donald John Trump Exclusive Economic Zone of the United States.'"

#RepublicansAreTheProblem

https://www.rawstory.com/greg-steube/

#Florida #Republican Rep. #GregSteube files articles of impeachment against #Biden

In a statement, Steube's office said he filed the articles against the president for "for high crimes and misdemeanors." The articles feature accusations of fraud, obstruction of justice and bribery stemming from allegations of illegal business dealings and tax crimes.

Steube endorsed former President Donald Trump in his 2024 bid for the presidency in April.

https://thehill.com/homenews/house/4150478-florida-republican-rep-files-articles-of-impeachment-against-biden/

Notes from the US: Fascism rising
Racism

Last weekend a slurry of far right, anti-semitic, supremacist conspiracy theorists who screamed that "Hitler was right" to annihilate Jews in Germany and eastern Europe in the middle of the last century met to push their 'Great Awakening' junk as part of the b
https://freedomnews.org.uk/2023/05/16/notes-from-the-us-fascism-rising/
#DanielPerry #GeorgeKelly #GregAbbott #GregSteube #NotesFromTheUS #RightWingDeathSquad #RonDeSantis #WhiteSupremacy