Rep. George Santos (D-N.Y.) is expected to face another expulsion vote this week, and Santos himself expects that he will be ousted this time.
Santos has already admitted to lying about his background and currently faces multiple federal charges — for which he has pleaded not guilty. Several Republicans who voted against expulsion are now signaling that they will vote to expel him following the release of an incriminating Ethics Committee report that claims there’s evidence Santos “violated federal criminal laws.”
“He blatantly stole from his campaign. He deceived donors into providing what they thought were contributions to his campaign but were in fact payments for his personal benefit. He reported fictitious loans to his political committees to induce donors and party committees to make further contributions to his campaign—and then diverted more campaign money to himself as purported ‘repayments’ of those fictitious loans,” the report claimed.
Santos announced after the release of the report that he would not seek reelection.
Democrats have been making a big show out of their efforts to expel Santos, but let’s not mistake what’s happening for what this situation…
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