House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) has talked with Rep. George Santos (R-N.Y.) about Mr. Santos’s options during the holiday as the embattled New York congressmen is expected to face expulsion effort for the third time when the House reconvenes this week after the Thanksgiving break.
When asked during his visit to the Sarasota Bradenton International Airport in Florida on Nov. 27 whether the House would vote to expel Mr. Santos from the U.S. House of Representatives, Mr. Johnson responded, “It remains to be seen.”
Mr. Santos’s discussion with Speaker Johnson comes as the New York lawmaker has faced growing calls to resign or encounter expulsion following the House Ethics Committee’s damning report, released on Nov. 16, which found “substantial evidence” that the freshman congressman “violated federal criminal laws and other standards of conduct.”
“I’ve spoken to Congressman Santos at some length over the holiday and talked with him about his options,” Mr. Johnson said. “But we’ll have to see. It’s not yet determined, but we’ll be talking about that when we get back tomorrow,” he added.
In a defiant speech on Nov. 25, Mr. Santos insisted he was “not going anywhere.” But he…
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