In politics, bodies don’t need to be cold for people to start swooning at the opportunity.

Such is the case with the South Florida Congressional seat held by Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick , which appears increasingly imperiled after a federal grand jury indicted her this week on charges that she stole $5 million in disaster relief funds to finance her 2021 congressional campaign .

Cherfilus-McCormick and her brother, Edwin Cherfilus , are accused of securing funding intended for COVID-19 vaccination distribution and routing overpayments from the program through several accounts, which later donated the funds as campaign contributions. If found guilty on all counts, Cherfilus-McCormick faces up to 53 years in prison, according to the Justice Department, which already appears h

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