Democratic Rep. Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick of Florida resigned from Congress on Tuesday, moments before the House Ethics Committee was set to convene to determine whether she should be sanctioned for ...

Democratic Rep. Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick of Florida became the latest U.S. lawmaker to step down amid allegations of ethics violations.

“I will not stand by and pretend that this has been anything other than a witch hunt,” she wrote in a separate statement she posted online.