A federal grand jury charged U.S. Rep. Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick , D-Fla., with stealing $5 million in Covid-19 disaster funds — a chunk of which was then illegally contributed to her 2021 congressional campaign, the Department of Justice said Wednesday. Cherfilus-McCormick faces up to 53 years in prison if convicted on the charges, the DOJ said in a press release . Actual sentences are often significantly lower than the maximums due to judges' discretion and federal sentencing guidelines. The

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