Rep. Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick (D-FL) is stepping down from her position as the top House Democrat of a Foreign Affairs subcommittee in light of the Justice Department indicting her over allegations of stealing and laundering $5 million in Federal Emergency Management Agency funds.

In a statement on Thursday, House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) said Cherfilus-McCormick will “take leave” as ranking member of the Foreign Affairs Committee’s subcommittee on the Middle East and North Africa, “while this matter is ongoing.”

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