Florida Congresswoman Resigns Amid Embezzlement Charges

0:00It's April 21st. This is entertainment and celebrity news today pop culture powered by AI. For the congresswoman, Sheila Trephilis McCormick, a Democrat, has resigned her seat after facing charges of embezzling $5 million from the Federal Emergency Management Agency. She stepped down on Tuesday, April 21st, just 20 minutes before the House Ethics Committee planned to vote on expelling her from the position she won in a 2022 special election for South Florida's 20th District. The 47-year-old lawmaker got indicted back in November for allegedly stealing FEMA funds and directing some to her 2021 campaign. She has pleaded not guilty and insists she did nothing wrong. In her resignation letter in a post on ex, she blasted the ethics probe as a witch-hunt, saying the committee blocked her new lawyers from preparing A. Proper defense entrambled her rights. She's now the latest politician to bow out over ethics scandals, following cases like Democrat Eric Swalwell suspending his California governor run.

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