An indicted member of Congress topped one watchdog’s list of top ethics violators of 2025 that also includes nonprofits and the mayor of the nation’s capital. 

The Foundation for Accountability and Civic Trust, a conservative-leaning watchdog group, is closing out the year with a short list based on numerous ethics complaints against individuals and groups. 

Here are the four who made the ethics group’s dishonor roll for 2025.

FACT filed a complaint against Rep. Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick, D-Fla., in early 2025 with the Office of Congressional Conduct alleging her family-owned company, Trinity Healthcare Services, got $5.8 million in overpayments from the state of Florida’s Department of Emergency Services. 

Much of that money came through the Federal Emergency Management Agency. So, FACT also referred the matter to the Department of Justice. 

The state agency and Trinity reached a settlement to repay the money over a 15-year period. 

In November, a federal grand jury indicted Cherfilus-McCormick on 15 counts. Her arraignment was reportedly scheduled for Monday but was rescheduled for Jan. 20. 

After the charges, Cherfilus-McCormick........

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