Emily Jashinsky

Federal prosecutors allege she and several associates stole COVID relief funds and laundered the money into her 2021 congressional campaign.

She faces up to 53 years in prison if convicted on all counts.

with trial set for early 2027.

Here, the Congresswoman reacting to that indictment last November.

Thoughts on the indictment, please.

She becomes the third lawmaker to resign in the past week after Congressman Eric Swalwell, a Democrat, and Tony Gonzalez, a Republican, stepped down under the threat of expulsion over separate sexual misconduct allegations.

Coming up, a California man pleading guilty in a deadly wrong-way crash that plowed into a group of sheriff's recruits now set to avoid prison time, and federal agencies launching a coordinated review into a series of deaths and disappearances involving scientists tied to sensitive nuclear and space programs.

A California man pleading guilty Monday in connection with a deadly November 2022 wrong-way crash that struck a group of L.A.

County sheriff's recruits and is expected to receive no jail time.

Then-22-year-old Nicholas Gutierrez falling asleep at the wheel while driving to work early in the morning.

Prosecutors say his car crossed into oncoming traffic.

plowing head-on into a group of 76 recruits on a training run.

27-year-old Alejandro Martinez dying months later from his injuries, and more than two dozen recruits injured in the crash, 10 sustaining serious injuries.

At the time, Gutierrez booked on suspicions of attempted murder of a police officer.

During that process, he was brought to a hospital for medical examination, a toxicology screen coming back clean, according to Gutierrez's attorney.

Later in the day, officers were leasing Gutierrez without bail, citing interviews with co-workers and neighbors who said they did not believe the crash was intentional.

Days later, he spoke to NBC4 about the accident.

What would you want to say to the families or those recruits that you saw out there that day?

Gutierrez's attorney saying her client has multiple family members in California law enforcement, including his father, a retired corrections officer, and quote, harbors absolutely no animosity toward law enforcement.

Gutierrez agreeing to plead guilty on one count of felony vehicular manslaughter with gross negligence and nine felony counts of reckless driving in exchange for a suspended eight-year sentence and five years of probation.