00:00Just minutes before the House Ethics Committee was expected to sanction Florida Congresswoman
00:04Sheila Sherfalis McCormick, she announced her resignation. It was seriously down to the wire.
00:09The Democratic rep is accused of stealing $5 million of FEMA COVID relief funds to pay for
00:15her 2021 campaign. Last month, the House Ethics Subcommittee found that she violated more than
00:20two dozen laws, rules, or regulations that govern lawmakers. All that to say things were not looking
00:26good for her. The committee was weighing sanctions and expulsion, but Sherfalis McCormick decided to
00:31take matters into her own hands and bowed out. The Congresswoman is not completely giving up the
00:36fight, however. She claims in a statement that the House Ethics Committee didn't engage in a
00:40quote, fair process during its investigation. But losing her job is really the least of her
00:45problems right now, to be honest. Sherfalis McCormick is also facing a federal trial over
00:49the alleged theft set for next February. And if she's found guilty on all the charges,
00:53she faces up to 53 years in prison. Now, after her resignation and those of Democrat Eric Swalwell
00:59and Republican Tony Gonzalez, Republicans hold a four-seat edge in the House. But that could shrink
01:04if Florida Republican Cory Mills resigns or is expelled over sexual misconduct and, quote,
01:10dating violence allegations. So things are going great in Congress these days, clearly.
01:15Let's all think long and hard before deciding who we are casting our votes for in the upcoming midterms.
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