A day after the Justice Department announced a grand jury had indicted Democratic Rep. Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick on allegations she used FEMA overpayments to support her 2021 run for office, Rep. Greg Steube said he would try to expel the Democrat from Congress.
The House has spent much of the week on a punishment spree, as other members trade censure threats. But expulsion is a rarer and more serious attempt.
“Defrauding the federal government and disaster victims of $5 million is an automatic disqualifier from serving in elected office,” Steube, a Republican, wrote on X of his fellow Floridian, threatening to trigger a floor vote on his expulsion resolution if she does not resign.
