Cherfilus-McCormick\u2019s abrupt announcement came after Rep. Greg Steube, R-Fla., pledged to file a motion to expel her, teeing up a vote later this week. It takes two-thirds of the House to remove a lawmaker, but a growing number of Democrats have voiced support for the expulsion effort.<\/p>\n
Read On The Fox News App<\/a><\/p>\n It also came just minutes prior to a House Ethics Committee hearing that was slated to recommend sanctions against her for committing a bevy of violations involving financial misconduct.<\/p>\n House Ethics Chairman Michael Guest, R-Miss., announced the panel lost jurisdiction with Cherfilus-Mccormick’s eleventh-hour decision to quit Congress.<\/p>\n The committee panel found “clear and convincing evidence” in March that the Florida Democrat misused federal disaster relief money<\/a> that was improperly paid to her family\u2019s healthcare company, among other misconduct.<\/p>\n Cherfilus-McCormick has denied any wrongdoing and repeatedly rebuffed speculation she would resign if confronted with an expulsion vote.<\/p>\n She slammed the ethics panel\u2019s investigation as a “witch hunt” on social media and claimed a violation of her due process rights, despite the committee granting a request to delay proceedings when she temporarily lost legal representation earlier this year.<\/p>\n Guest vigorously pushed back on that assertion Tuesday, noting that she had repeatedly declined the committee\u2019s request to provide exculpatory evidence.<\/p>\n “The committee has worked diligently to investigate this matter,” he said. “This was not a rush to judgment, as some would claim \u2026 this was a very deliberate process to gather information into allegations that were extremely serious, and extremely complicated.”<\/p>\n Guest also thanked committee staff Tuesday who had worked for more than two years and reviewed tens of thousands of documents to probe Cherfilus-McCormick\u2019s alleged misconduct.<\/p>\n She is the third lawmaker to resign from Congress in the past week. Reps. Eric Swalwell, D-Calif., and Tony Gonzales, R-Texas, stepped down last week to avoid their own expulsion threats related to sexual misconduct allegations.<\/p>\n At least five women have come forward with allegations against Swalwell of sexual assault and rape. Gonzales admitted to sexual misconduct in March with a former aide who later died by suicide.<\/p>\n Former Reps. Eric Swalwell, D-Calif., Tony Gonzales, R-Texas, and Reps. Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick, D-Fla., and Cory Mills, R-Fla., have all been hit with allegations of misconduct during their time in office.<\/p>\n (Getty Images)<\/p>\n Jimmy Kimmel Ignores Eric Swalwell Resignation After Saying It’d Be ‘Shameful’ To Avoid Political Topics<\/a><\/p>\n The embattled lawmaker is facing a separate 15-count federal criminal indictment<\/a> that carries a maximum sentence of 53 years in prison, if convicted. The federal trial is not scheduled to begin until early 2027.<\/p>\n She filed to run for re-election, despite raising just $11,000 in the year’s first fundraising quarter, according to recent Federal Election Commission filings. It is unclear whether she plans to suspend her campaign.<\/p>\n Cherfilus-Mccormick was not present as her resignation announcement was read on the House floor.<\/p>\n A Cherfilus-McCormick aide told reporters that she was with her family in Washington, D.C. as the news broke.<\/p>\n “She’s with her family digesting this development and digesting this decision,” the staffer said. “As you can imagine, this wasn’t what she wanted.”<\/p>\n House Democratic leadership did not publicly weigh in before Cherfilus-McCormick\u2019s resignation announcement, despite the extensive misconduct determined by the House ethics panel.<\/p>\n But the congresswoman appeared to cave to the pressure after a wave of Democrats said they would vote to expel her if a rare removal vote hit the floor.<\/p>\n Former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi notably urged the quick expulsion of the Cherfilus-McCormick during an interview with Fox News on Tuesday, stating, “Let\u2019s just get this over with.”<\/p>\n Pelosi also advocated for the swift removal of embattled Rep. Cory Mills, R-Fla., who is under investigation by the House Ethics Committee for an alleged domestic violence incident, among other misconduct.<\/p>\n “These cases just being out there \u2026 they make us look terrible,” Pelosi said.<\/p>\n House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, D-N.Y. did not call on Rep. Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick to step down before her resignation announcement.<\/p>\n![\"Swalwell,](\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/people\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/30ed0c7ee5fa8d33234f6f80e9b390ba.jpeg\"\/)
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