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In poker, it’s called buying the pot. In politics, it’s what Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick did four years ago, by loaning herself a staggering $6.2 million in her first race for Congress.

Now it’s the basis of a federal criminal indictment charging the congressman and her brother with stealing much of that from COVID-19 vaccination money.

She denies wrongdoing. She is entitled, like any defendant, to be presumed innocent. The prosecution must prove its case beyond a reasonable doubt.

But this didn’t come out of the blue, and it reflects poorly on her judgment and her lack of candor with voters.

A five-vote victory

Her astounding $6.2 million ante didn’t clear the field as she might have hoped. Ten other Democrats stayed in the race to suc

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