UPDATE: THE HOUSE voted overwhelmingly to reject a decision to expel George Santos.
213 voted no
179 voted sure
19 votes current.
THE HOUSE voted overwhelmingly to reject a decision to expel George Santos.
213 voted no
179 voted sure
19 votes current.— Jake Sherman (@JakeSherman) November 1, 2023
Republican Rep. George Santos faces an expulsion vote Wednesday night, The Wall Road Journal reported.
Final month, New York RINO lawmakers mentioned they’d introduce a decision to expel Rep. George Santos (R-NY) from Congress following the most recent indictment.
Expelling Santos from Congress requires a two-thirds majority of the total Home.
Rep. Santos was hit with a 23-count superseding indictment final month, the DOJ introduced.
“Santos allegedly filed fraudulent fundraising reviews with the FEC to acquire monetary help for his marketing campaign and repeatedly charged the bank cards of marketing campaign contributors with out authorization” – the Joe Biden DOJ mentioned in a press launch.
Democrats have been pursuing Rep. since he entered Congress. Santos.
The New York Republican has one of many strongest conservative voting information of any freshman Republican getting into Congress.
The Japanese District of New York introduced Tuesday that Santos was charged with: one rely of conspiracy to commit crimes in opposition to the USA, two counts of fraud, two counts of creating materially false statements to the Federal Election Fee (FEC ), two counts of falsifying information filed to hinder the FEC, two counts of aggravated id theft, and one rely of entry system fraud, along with the seven counts of financial institution fraud, three counts of cash laundering, one rely of theft of public funds and two counts of creating materially false statements to the USA Home of Representatives, which had been charged within the unique indictment.
“As alleged, Santos is accused of stealing individuals’s identities and making prices on his personal donors’ bank cards with out their consent, mendacity to the FEC and, by extension, the general public concerning the monetary situation of his marketing campaign. Santos falsely inflated reported marketing campaign receipts with nonexistent loans and contributions that had been both fabricated or stolen,” mentioned U.S. Legal professional Breon Peace. “This Workplace will relentlessly pursue legal prices in opposition to anybody who makes use of the election course of as a chance to defraud the general public and our authorities establishments.”
A gaggle of RINOs are doing the Democrats’ soiled work and can introduce a decision to expel Santos from Congress.
“I’ll introduce laws to expel George Santos from Congress,” Rep. Anthony D’Esposito (R-NY) mentioned on X final month.
The decision might be co-sponsored by New York GOP Reps. Nick LaLota, Mike Lawler, Marc Molinaro, Nick Langworthy and Brandon Williams.
Excerpt from The Wall Road Journal:
Lawmakers within the Home of Representatives will vote Wednesday night on whether or not to expel Rep. George Santos (R., N.Y.), who made a sequence of daring fabrications throughout his run for workplace and faces federal fraud prices associated to his marketing campaign of 2022.
Two-thirds of lawmakers within the Home of Representatives must vote in favor of expelling Santos to take away him, and the hassle was seen as an uphill battle, with prime Republicans not voicing their help. Expelling Santos would undermine Republicans’ slender 221-212 majority, and a few lawmakers have mentioned such a transfer ought to wait till his legal case is resolved or the Home Ethics Committee completes its investigation.
The decision to expel Santos is led by 5 New York Republicans, who say Santos’ authorized troubles have been a distraction and a political legal responsibility for the get together. The 5 GOP members behind the proposal are Reps. Anthony D’Esposito, Marc Molinaro, Nick LaLota, Brandon Williams and Mike Lawler, who’re anticipated to have aggressive races subsequent fall.
“George Santos deserves to be in jail, not in Congress,” LaLota mentioned final week.
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