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Several House Republicans have issued a warning to colleagues after the chamber voted on Friday to expel one of their own, now-former New York Rep. George Santos after he was charged with several felonies by the Justice Department related to his campaign activities in 2022.
With a vote of 311 to 114, the House went above and beyond the two-thirds necessary to remove Santos. There were two abstentions and two present votes among Democrats in favor of the measure, while 104 Republicans were in favor of it.
House Ethics Committee Chairman Michael Guest (R-Miss.) sponsored the expulsion bill after his panel released a report that found “significant evidence” of Santos’ criminal wrongdoing, Politico reported.
In a video posted to his social media, Rep. Cory Mills (R-FL) noted following the vote that in the history of the U.S. Congress, only five members had been expelled, “three of which had fought for the Confederacy or were expelled in 1861, and the other two who had been convicted, not accused or indicted, but convicted of actual criminality.”
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