WASHINGTON — Members of the House Ethics Committee on Thursday will hold a rare public hearing on a sitting member of Congress.
The hearing concerns its investigation into Rep. Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick, D-Fla., who was indicted on charges she stole millions in federal relief funds and used the money to bankroll her congressional campaign.
The congresswoman has consistently denied the allegations of wrongdoing and pleaded not guilty to the charges. Her office did not immediately respond Thursday to a request for comment.
Such Ethics meetings are typically conducted in private. But the committee has decided to bring this issue out into the open — the House’s version of a court trial — due to the fact that she has decided to fight the allegations rather than resign, and the ethics case is moving faster than the judicial system.
Thursday’s televised hearing is what’s known as an “adjudicatory” subcommittee hearing, and the lawmakers participating have been
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