A conservative watchdog on Thursday submitted a referral to the Department of Justice regarding Rep. Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick (D-FL), who allegedly retained a $5.8 million overpayment from the state of Florida and used the funds to finance her first successful congressional campaign.
The Foundation for Accountability and Civic Trust filed the inquiry urging the DOJ’s Criminal Division to investigate Cherfilus-McCormick.
The congresswoman remains “the subject of numerous ethics and legal investigations by the Office of Congressional Ethics and House Ethics Committee, which found evidence that she accepted campaign contributions linked to an official action, accepted illegal in-kind campaign contributions, dispensed special favors to friends, misrepresented the source of campaign contributions, and requested community project funding to be directed to a for-profit entity,” FACT’s letter states.
“Not only are these serious ethics concerns, but, if true, are likely serious criminal violations,” it continues.
FACT previously asked the Office of Congressional Ethics to look into the lawmaker and the related allegations. In May, the office acted on the request by recommending that the bipartisan House Ethics Committee open an investigation after finding “probable cause” that she broke ethics and campaign finance laws.
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