Investigation into campaign funds of Broward congresswoman expands – NBC 6 South Florida

The U.S. House Ethics Committee announced Tuesday that it had expanded an investigation it began last year into Florida Democrat Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick.

The committee released a statement on its website saying the investigation had been expanded to examine allegations such as whether Cherfilus-McCormick misused official campaign funds and violated campaign finance laws in her 2024 re-election campaign.

The committee’s opinion states that the mere fact that these allegations are being investigated does not mean that violations have occurred.

The committee said in December that it had voted to establish an investigative subcommittee to look into, for example, whether Cherfilus-McCormick may have violated campaign finance laws in a special election in 2022 or during her re-election in 2022.

That same year, Cherfilus-McCormick filed a lawsuit in Broward County seeking over $1 million in damages from former Broward County Mayor Dale Holness and his assistant Justin Porter. She said Holness defamed her and accused her of embezzlement to win the seat.

Cherfilus-McCormick won the special election to succeed the late U.S. Rep. Alcee Hastings, who died in 2021 after long representing parts of South Florida, including Broward and West Palm Beach counties, in Congress.