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 and her brother, Edwin Cherfilus, tried to launder the money through multiple accounts to disguise its source, the DOJ said, citing the indictment issued in U.S. District Court in Miami .

The siblings obtained the money in July 2021, after the family health-care company where they worked received a $5 million overpayment from FEMA, which funded the company's Covid vaccination staffing contract, according to the DOJ.

Cherfilus-McCormick and another defendant, Nadege Leblanc, are also accused of orchestrating

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