Disgraced Dem cut off from doing business with government after alleged 'outright fraud' uncovered

"Former Congresswoman Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick abused Americans' trust in the most egregious way possible," DHS General Counsel James Percival said in a statement. "She manipulated the COVID-19 crisis to funnel over $5 million of FEMA relief funds to her and her family members."

Percival said he is "proud that my office is taking the first step to ensure she is held accountable and American taxpayers' money is protected from further misuse."

The committee found that she had committed 18 campaign finance violations, five counts of false financial disclosures, three counts of misusing official funds and one count of lack of candor.

Cherfilus-McCormick maintained her innocence, asserting that "This was not a fair process."

She said in a press release that the House Ethics Committee "refused my new attorney's reasonable request for time to prepare my defense." She wrote, "I simply cannot stand by and allow my due process rights to be trampled on, and my good name to be tarnished."

"Rather than play these political games, I choose to step away so that I can devote my time to fighting for my neighbors in Florida's 20th district. I hereby resign from the 119th Congress, effective immediately," she wrote.

Vance said last week that the task force has been "working around the clock to root out fraudsters who have taken advantage of Americans' generosity for far too long."

Fox News Digital reached out to Cherfilus-McCormick's campaign for comment.