Florida congresswoman Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick announced her resignation on Tuesday hours before her Democratic colleagues could vote to boot her from office.
The House Ethics Committee found Cherfilus-McCormick, 47, guilty of 25 ethics violations last month following accusations that the Florida lawmaker had siphoned millions of dollars in federal disaster relief funds to her 2021 congressional campaign.
Last November, the congresswoman was also indicted on federal charges by a Florida grand jury, which, if she is convicted, she will face up to 53 years in prison.
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