House Republican to move to censure Dem accused of stealing disaster relief money for campaign

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Rep. Greg Steube, R-Fla., is moving to censure his colleague from the other side of the aisle , Rep. Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick, D-Fla., following an indictment alleging that she used federal disaster funds for her 2021 campaign. "Tomorrow morning I will be filing a privileged motion to censure Rep. Cherfilus-McCormick and remove her from all committees," Steube announced in a post on X on Wednesday night. "This is one of the most egregious abuses of public trust I have ever seen. Stealing $5 million in taxpayer disaster funds from FEMA of all places is beyond indefensible. Millions of Floridians have relied on FEMA after devastating hurricanes, and that money was supposed to help real disaster victims." Steube does not plan on stopping at the motion to censure Cherfilus-McCormick. He vowed to move to expel her from Congress . "And once House Ethics concludes their investigation or she is formally convicted, rest assured I will move to expel her from Congress," Steube wrote on X. SOCIAL MEDIA ERUPTS AFTER FAR-LEFT FIREBRAND BOTCHES EPSTEIN CLAIMS: 'INSANE ACCUSATION' The Justice Department said in a statement that in 2021, Cherfilus-McCormick and her brother, Edwin Cherfilus, operated a family healthcare company on a FEMA-funded COVID-19 vaccination staffing contract and received an overpayment of $5 million. "The indictment alleges that the defendants conspired to steal that $5 million and routed it through multiple accounts to disguise its source. Prosecutors allege that a substantial portion of the misappropriated funds was used as candidate contributions to Cherfilus-McCormick’s 2021 congressional campaign and for the personal benefit of the defendants," the DOJ said in its statement. NANCY MACE TO FORCE CENSURE VOTE AGAINST FELLOW HOUSE REPUBLICAN Furthermore, according to the DOJ, Cherfilus-McCormick and Nadege Leblanc allegedly arranged additional funds using straw donors and funneled "other monies from the FEMA-funded COVID-19 contract to friends and relati…