Rep. Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick was indicted last year on charges that she stole and laundered federal disaster money and used it to support a congressional campaign.
There’s been no trial. She is getting out because the House’s Republican majority is willing to expel her on the basis of an allegation, unlike the way they protect their own members in similar situations.
And based on the DOJ’s track record of dodgy prosecutions of people who oppose Trump, and the Republicans’ desperation to cling to their declining House majority by any menas, fair or foul, if it does go to trial, it’ll be a big surprise if they have an actual case.
Resigning is great but, if she’s guilty she still needs to pay it back and go to jail
There’s been no trial. She is getting out because the House’s Republican majority is willing to expel her on the basis of an allegation, unlike the way they protect their own members in similar situations.
And based on the DOJ’s track record of dodgy prosecutions of people who oppose Trump, and the Republicans’ desperation to cling to their declining House majority by any menas, fair or foul, if it does go to trial, it’ll be a big surprise if they have an actual case.