By Nolan D. McCaskill

WASHINGTON (Reuters) -A resolution to expel Democratic U.S. Representative Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick was filed in the House of Representatives on Thursday, pressuring her to resign after her indictment on federal charges of misusing COVID-19 relief funds.

While the resolution, filed by Republican Representative Greg Steube, would likely struggle to capture the two-thirds majority needed to pass in the closely divided House, her resignation could affect the Republicans’ narrow control of the chamber.

Cherfilus-McCormick was indicted on Wednesday on charges that she, her brother and others conspired to misappropriate a $5 million overpayment of COVID-19 relief funds and funneled some of the money to her campaign.

She denied the charges, calling them unjust and base

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