Following the federal indictment of Florida Representative Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick for allegedly stealing $5 million in federal disaster funds and using a portion of that amount to fund her 2021 campaign, CREW President Noah Bookbinder, a former federal corruption prosecutor, released the following statement:

“Representative Cherfilus-McCormick’s alleged crime is abhorrent. An individual who used FEMA funds as a personal and political piggy bank, if the allegations are proven to be true, should not have any authority over how taxpayer funds are appropriated. This appears to be yet another breach of trust in an era of unprecedented self-dealing and corruption. Representative Cherfilus-McCormick was right to step back from her committee leadership and must resign if convicted.”