The House Ethics Committee has postponed its planned public trial for Rep. Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick — the Florida Democrat facing accusations that she stole millions in FEMA funding — to later this month.
A hearing of an adjudicatory subcommittee of the Ethics panel was pushed from this Thursday to March 26 after the lawmaker’s “counsel in the matter withdrew from representing her before the adjudicatory subcommittee,” according to a committee press release.
“Representative Cherfilus-McCormick asked for a brief continuance to allow her to retain new counsel,” the statement continued.
Lawmakers on the Ethics Committee, which adjudicates…
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