The Federal Election Commission (FEC) has launched an investigation into Democratic Florida Rep. Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick after multiple complaints allege her campaign violated federal and state laws surrounding campaign finance.

Cherfilus-McCormick’s campaign began working with Mark Goodrich — a political consultant who had previously worked for Republicans — in 2021, while running in a special election for the south Florida House seat she currently represents. The Coolidge-Reagan Foundation’s Aug. 11 legal complaint to the FEC , based on an investigation by the Office of Congressional Ethics’ (OCE), alleges Cherfilus-McCormick’s campaign failed to report illegal in-kind contributions from an organization with ties to Goodrich and the congresswoman’s family.

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