Overview
- An adjudicatory subcommittee scheduled a March 5 hearing to decide whether counts are proved by clear and convincing evidence, with the chair noting such hearings are generally open and televised proceedings are uncommon.
- The investigative report, spanning 59 pages and 27 counts, followed 59 subpoenas, over 33,000 documents, and 28 interviews, and alleges Trinity Health Care Services retained about $5.8 million and routed funds into her campaign.
- Rep. Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick has pleaded not guilty and rejects the findings, saying the ongoing criminal case has limited her ability to rebut the Ethics report.
- Rep. Greg Steube is holding off on forcing an expulsion vote until after the Ethics process, acknowledging he lacks the Democratic support needed for the two-thirds threshold.
- Federal prosecutors indicted Cherfilus-McCormick in November, alleging her company kept roughly $5 million in COVID-related overpayments and that some of the money was used to finance her congressional bid.