Dem Rep. Marie Gluesenkamp Perez Backs Expelling Fellow Democrat Cherfilus-McCormick Over Ethics Violations
She said Cherfilus-McCormick should resign or be removed after the ethics subcommittee’s findings.

SOURCE CHECK
TAP FOR WHYBreitbart is a partisan outlet, which lowers confidence in its institutional neutrality and standards relative to established general-news organizations. The article identifies its author and attributes key allegations to the House Ethics Committee, investigators and named participants, but the publisher’s opinion-oriented source classification warrants caution.
- Source type — Opinion-oriented, partisan publisher; lower institutional confidence than a major general-news outlet.
- Transparency — The account attributes allegations and findings to the committee, investigators and named participants.
- Author attribution — A named author is provided.
- Editorial standards — The article offers limited indication of independent verification or correction practices.
The article supplies specific details about the committee finding and investigation and attributes claims to identifiable sources. It includes Cherfilus-McCormick’s denial and the defense position, but gives little direct account of the defense’s evidence or response and relies heavily on investigators and a hearing participant.
HOW WE SCORE ↗The article reports the committee’s findings and supporting allegations in detail and notes Cherfilus-McCormick’s denial and the defense’s position. The defense perspective is not developed to the same extent as the accusations, and the account relies substantially on investigators and a lawmaker criticizing the defense.
- Source diversity — Committee investigators and a lawmaker arguing against the defense receive more space than the defense perspective.
- Counterarguments presented — The article notes Cherfilus-McCormick’s denial and the defense claim that she lacked knowledge of the money’s movement.
- Omitted context — The article provides little detail about the defense’s evidence or response to the specific allegations.
- Opinion vs reporting — The writing is primarily reportorial, though the headline emphasizes the expulsion stance.
The account is largely a factual report, but its focus on a Democratic lawmaker’s ethics allegations and its prominent use of a forceful expulsion argument give it a mild rightward tilt. It also reports the lawmaker’s denial and the committee’s evidence.
- Language tone — The article prominently repeats Gluesenkamp Perez’s sharply worded statement that Cherfilus-McCormick should resign or be removed.
- Framing — The headline and opening emphasize a Democrat supporting the expulsion of another Democrat.
- Source selection — The article quotes a Republican lawmaker challenging the defense and provides extensive investigator allegations, alongside a brief account of the denial.
Rep. Marie Gluesenkamp Perez said Rep. Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick should resign or be expelled after a House Ethics Committee subcommittee found 25 of 27 charges against Cherfilus-McCormick proven. Cherfilus-McCormick has denied wrongdoing and pleaded not guilty in a related federal case.
Gluesenkamp Perez wrote on X that Cherfilus-McCormick should resign or be removed after the ethics finding, and later told Axios reporter Andrew Solender she would support expelling her. The subcommittee said 25 of 27 ethics charges were proven by clear and convincing evidence after deliberations that continued past midnight.
The article says investigators reviewed more than 33,000 documents and alleged violations involving campaign finance, disclosure forms, contributions and the use of her office. It describes allegations involving money tied to a $5 million overpayment to Cherfilus-McCormick’s family company and campaign funds linked to associates. Cherfilus-McCormick denied wrongdoing and pleaded not guilty in a parallel federal case; Rep. Brad Knott challenged the defense’s account during the hearing and cited messages investigators said showed her involvement.
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SWIPE →Representative supporting Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick’s resignation or expulsion
Representative found by an ethics subcommittee to have committed numerous violations
Cherfilus-McCormick's version of this story ↗Representative who challenged the defense during the ethics hearing
Representative previously subject to a bipartisan rebuke led by Gluesenkamp Perez
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