US EditionFlorida congresswoman to plead not guilty to charges of stealing $5M
Cherfilus-McCormick faces 15 counts of retaining $5 million in FEMA overpayments during a COVID staffing contract, with trial set for late April, prosecutors say.
- On Monday, U.S. Rep. Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick waived her appearance, pleaded not guilty to federal conspiracy charges, and her attorney co-signed a waiver for her Tuesday Miami arraignment.
- Amid a state civil suit, prosecutors say Trinity Healthcare received FEMA funds in 2021 for a COVID staffing contract while Cherfilus-McCormick was CEO, and the government alleges an overpayment was not returned.
- Court filings show the indictment includes 15 counts against Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick and names co-defendants including her brother Edwin Cherfilus, staffer Nadege LeBlanc, and tax preparer David Spencer, all pleading not guilty.
- An investigative subcommittee last Nov. 19 found `substantial evidence` of misconduct, and U.S. District Judge Darrin Gayles is assigned to the case, with the congresswoman out on bond continuing advocacy for Haitian immigrants.
- Barring a plea change or postponement, a federal trial is set for April 20, after the Nov. 19 indictment, with her defense firm withdrawing before her lawyer took lead .
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Rep. Cherfilus-McCormick pleads not guilty in $5M FEMA funds case
Nearly three months after U.S. Rep. Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick was indicted on charges that she stole $5 million in FEMA funds, a new attorney entered a plea of not guilty on her behalf Friday in a Miami federal courtroom.
Cherfilus-McCormick to enter not guilty plea in absentia, retains new lawyer in theft case
Nearly three months after her indictment, U.S. Rep. Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick plans to enter a not guilty plea to federal charges that she conspired to steal $5 million in federal relief funds and steered some of the money to her congressional campaign. But the congresswoman is not expected to be in court for her scheduled arraignment Tuesday afternoon in Miami. Her new attorney, William Barzee of Barzee Flores of Miami, notified the court in a…
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Florida congresswoman accused of stealing COVID-19 funds pleads not guilty 3 months after indictment
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Florida congresswoman to plead not guilty to charges of stealing $5M
Rep. Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick (D-Fla.) will plead not guilty Monday to federal charges of conspiring to steal $5 million in federal disaster funds amid the COVID-19 pandemic and funneling some of it into her congressional campaign. Her attorney, William Barzee, notified the court on its docket of the Florida congresswoman’s plea and that she would waive her appearance at an arraignment set for Tuesday. The Hill reached out for comment. Cherf…
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