UnresolvedCampaign & Elections

violating campaign finance laws; failing to properly disclose required information on statements required to be filed with the House; accepting voluntary services for official work from an individual not employed in her congressional office; engaging in improper conduct in connection with community project funding requests; misusing official funds for campaign purposes; and/or violating campaign finance laws and regulations in connection with her 2024 re-election campaign.

Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick
Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick
DemocratFL-20 · Representative
September 23, 2023
First Reported
Ongoing
Status
2 years, 4 months
Duration
8
Actions Taken

What Happened

Rep. Cherfilus-McCormick was indicted by the Department of Justice in 2025 for violating campaign finance laws by using overpayments to her business from COVID-era progams for her 2022 congressional campaign. She has been under investigation since 2023 by the Office of Congressional Ethics and the House Committee on Ethics for that as well as allegations of failing to properly disclose required information on statements required to be filed with the House and accepting voluntary services for official work from an individual not employed in her congressional office. In 2024, the Ethics Committee expanded the investigation to include new allegations in a 2024 Office of Congressional Ethics report that Cherfilus-McCormick was engaging in improper conduct in connection with community project funding requests; misusing official funds for campaign purposes; and/or violating campaign finance laws and regulations in connection with her 2024 re-election campaign. In November 2025, Cherfilus-McCormick was indicted. In January 2026, the House Committee on Ethics announced the creation of an Adjudicatory Committee to assess the Investigative Subcommittee's formal Statement of Alleged Violations, made public the 2024 report of the Office of Congressional Conduct (previously Office of Congressional Ethics) and published Rep. Cherfilus-McCormick's response.

Timeline

September 23, 2023Office of Congressional Ethics

recommended further review by the House Committee on Ethics of allegations in a report not made public until 2024

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November 9, 2023House Committee on Ethics

extended the matter

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December 27, 2023House Committee on Ethics

established an Investigative Subcommittee and released a summary of the allegations

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June 25, 2024House Committee on Ethics

expanded the jurisdiction of the Investigative Subcommittee to include new allegations from a 2024 Office of Congressional Ethics report not yet made public

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September 25, 2024House Committee on Ethics

released the Office of Congressional Ethics' 2023 report

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July 25, 2025House Committee on Ethics

reauthorized the Investigative Subcommittee for the 119th Congress

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November 19, 2025Department of Justice

indicted for keeping overpayments from COVID era progams and then using the extra money to fund her 2022 Congressional campaign

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January 29, 2026House Committee on Ethics

announced the creation of an Adjudicatory Committee to assess the Investigative Subcommittee's formal Statement of Alleged Violations, made public the 2024 report of the Office of Congressional Conduct (previously Office of Congressional Ethics) and published Rep. Cherfilus-McCormick's response

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Data: GovTrack.us Misconduct Database (CC0 public domain)