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华盛顿讯——美国众议院道德委员会将于周二举办公开听证会，以确定是否需要对民主党众议员希拉·谢尔菲勒斯-麦科米克进行处罚。三周前，该委员会认定她涉嫌一项竞选资金计划，违反了超过24项指控。
听证会定于下午2点举行。
去年11月，司法部指控这位佛罗里达州民主党人挪用500万美元联邦紧急事务管理局资金用于其竞选活动。她对联邦起诉书中列出的15项罪名拒不认罪，并否认存在任何不当行为。
在对谢尔菲勒斯-麦科米克的所谓不当行为进行长期调查后，两党道德委员会于1月公布了调查结果，认定有“充分理由相信”这位议员违反了多项联邦法律和众议院规则。
根据这份59页的报告，调查发现“有充分证据表明其行为与起诉书中的指控一致，且存在更严重的不当行为”。
除了所谓的竞选资金违规行为外，委员会调查人员还指控谢尔菲勒斯-麦科米克将资金用于奢侈品消费，包括蒂芙尼公司的珠宝、一辆特斯拉、名牌服装、高端酒店住宿和一次邮轮旅行。
“本次涉及的25项违规行为本身就非常严重，”委员会法律顾问在周二听证会前的一份备忘录中表示，“该行为的范围和持续性，以及被调查者未对不当行为承担责任的情况，都将被视为加重处罚因素。”
除了开除公职外，委员会还可以建议谴责、罚款或申诫，以及其他处分措施，包括免去其委员会职务、削减其资历或要求其道歉。
上个月，该委员会的裁决小组举行了一场罕见的公开“审判”，会后该小组认定委员会报告中针对谢尔菲勒斯-麦科米克的27项指控中有25项“已被证实”。
佛罗里达州共和党众议员格雷格·斯托布一直在等待道德委员会结束此案，以便随后推动众议院就将她开除进行投票。
众议院议长、路易斯安那州共和党人迈克·约翰逊上周表示，该委员会的调查结果“令人震惊”，并且“众议院上下一致认为应该将她开除”。
“目前事实已无可辩驳，”他对记者表示。
将谢尔菲勒斯-麦科米克逐出众议院需要三分之二的赞成票，即需要70名民主党议员支持该项动议。
众议院民主党领导人暂未就谢尔菲勒斯-麦科米克可能面临的处罚发表评论，称应等待道德委员会的工作结果。众议院少数党领袖、纽约州民主党人哈基姆·杰弗里斯周一表示，民主党将在该委员会提出建议后“召开党团会议”，讨论后续步骤。
“届时我们将以符合我们处理此类道德问题的方式推进，始终遵循事实、适用相关法律，不惧任何压力、不偏袒任何一方，”他说道。
贾拉·布朗为本报道撰稿。
Ethics panel to decide penalty for Rep. Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick over theft allegations
April 21, 2026 6:00 AM EDT / CBS News
Washington — The House Ethics Committee will hold a public hearing Tuesday to determine whether any punishment is warranted for Democratic Rep. Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick, three weeks after concluding she was guilty of more than two dozen charges stemming from an alleged campaign finance scheme.
The hearing is scheduled for 2 p.m.
In November, the Justice Department charged the Florida Democrat with stealing $5 million in Federal Emergency Management Agency funds for her campaign. She has pleaded not guilty to 15 counts laid out in the federal indictment and has denied any wrongdoing.
After a lengthy investigation into Cherfilus-McCormick’s alleged misconduct, the bipartisan Ethics Committee released its findings in January, concluding there was “substantial reason to believe” the congresswoman violated multiple federal laws and House rules.
The investigation found “substantial evidence of conduct consistent with the allegations in the indictment, as well as more extensive misconduct,” according to the 59-page report.
In addition to the alleged campaign finance violations, committee investigators accused Cherfilus-McCormick of spending the funds on luxury goods, including jewelry from Tiffany & Co.; a Tesla; designer clothing; high-end hotels; and a cruise.
“The 25 violations at issue here are very serious standing on their own,” the committee’s counsel said in a memorandum ahead of Tuesday’s hearing. “The scope and continuous nature of the conduct, as well as Respondent’s failure to take responsibility for wrongdoing, may be considered as aggravating factors.”
Short of expulsion, the committee could recommend censure, fines or a reprimand, as well as other measures involving removal from committee assignments, reduction in seniority or requiring an apology.
Last month, the panel’s adjudicatory subcommittee held a rare public “trial,” after which it determined that 25 of the 27 allegations against Cherfilus-McCormick in the committee’s report “had been proven.”
Republican Rep. Greg Steube of Florida has been waiting for the Ethics Committee to wrap up the matter before forcing a floor vote on her expulsion.
House Speaker Mike Johnson, a Louisiana Republican, said last week that the panel’s findings were “alarming” and that it would be “the consensus of this body that she should be expelled.”
“The facts are indisputable at this point,” he told reporters.
Expelling Cherfilus-McCormick from the House would require a two-thirds vote, requiring 70 Democrats to support it.
House Democratic leaders have held off on weighing in on Cherfilus-McCormick’s potential punishment, citing the Ethics Committee’s work. House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, a New York Democrat, said Monday that Democrats would “convene as a caucus” after the panel makes its recommendations to discuss next steps.
“Then we will proceed in a manner consistent with our approach to these types of ethics matters, which is to always and at all times follow the facts and apply the relevant law without fear or favor,” he said.
Jaala Brown contributed to this report.
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