U.S. Rep. Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick of Florida is defending herself after being indicted on federal charges alleging she stole $5 million in FEMA disaster funds, laundered the money through straw donors to her congressional campaign and conspired to file a false tax return. The Democratic lawmaker, who represents South Florida’s 20th Congressional District, was charged Wednesday in a sweeping indictment returned by a federal grand jury in Miami and unsealed by the Justice Department. Several