Judge sets $60K bond for Florida congresswoman ad of M in COVID-19 fun, P1
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By FREIDA FRISARO and KATE PAYNE
Updated November 25, 2025
Source: Associate Press
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FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — A federal judge in Miami set a $60,000 bond Tuesday for U.S. Rep. Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick, who made her first appearance in court on charges of conspiring to steal $5 million in federal disaster funds meant to slow the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic in 2021.
The Florida Democrat is facing 15 federal counts that accuse her of stealing funds that had been overpaid to her family’s health care company, Trinity Healthcare Services, prosecutors alleged. The company had a contract to register people for COVID-19 vaccinations.
Cherfilus-McCormick stood with her attorneys as Judge Enjoliqué Lett read all 15 charges, the South Florida SunSentinel reported. She told the judge she is aware of the charges she faces.
She said in a statement sent to the AP that she plans to fight for her constituents.
“Today I made my initial appearance in a case that is both politically timed and politically motivated,” Cherfilus-McCormick said in the statement. “Let me be clear: I am innocent and I look forward to my day in court. This has been a fight not just for my name — it’s a fight for my constituents, an attack on the progress we have been making and the movement we have started.”
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