Jennifer Shutt New York Republican George Santos on Friday became the sixth lawmaker in history and the first member of the GOP to be expelled from the U.S. House of Representatives. The 311-114 bipartisan vote, which required two-thirds support, followed months of scandal that culminated in a federal criminal indictment …
Read More »Second Vote for Expulsion Looms for Indicted Rep. George Santos
In a rare move, a House Democrat, Rep. Robert Garcia of California, has initiated proceedings to force a second vote for the expulsion of indicted Rep. George Santos, a Republican from New York. Santos, who previously survived an expulsion vote on November 1, faces renewed efforts after a scathing Ethics …
Read More »House Speaker Johnson Won’t Say If Congress Will Vote On George Santos Removal
Mitch Perry, Florida Phoenix Visiting Sarasota on Monday, U. S. House Speaker Mike Johnson said that “it remains to be seen” whether there will be an upcoming vote to remove New York Republican Congressman George Santos from office. In a question posed by the Florida Phoenix to Johnson on Santos’ …
Read More »Santos Faces Expulsion Following Damning Ethics Committee Report
The House Ethics Committee’s Republican chairman, Rep. Michael Guest of Mississippi, has taken a significant step by filing a resolution seeking the expulsion of GOP Rep. George Santos from Congress. This move follows the release of a scathing report by the Ethics Committee, accusing Santos of extensive wrongdoing. The resolution …
Read More »Embattled Rep. George Santos Won’t Seek Reelection in 2024 Amid Ethics Scandal
Amidst the fallout of a damning report by the House Ethics Committee, Rep. George Santos from New York has announced that he will not seek reelection in 2024. The scathing report found “substantial evidence” that Santos “violated federal criminal laws,” including the misuse of campaign funds for personal purposes …
Read More »Vote To Expel Santos Fails In House
Rep. George Santos, the New York Republican who has been indicted on federal fraud charges and admitted to lying about his background, narrowly survived an effort to expel him from the House of Representatives in a bipartisan vote on Wednesday. The expulsion resolution, led by his fellow New York Republicans, …
Read More »Rep. Santos Faces Additional Federal Charges in Updated Indictment
Federal prosecutors in Brooklyn have issued an updated indictment against Rep. George Santos, adding ten new federal charges to the initial 13 counts he faced. The Long Island Republican now faces a total of 23 charges, reflecting the ongoing investigation into his alleged fraudulent activities. According to prosecutors, Santos is …
Read More »George Santos Aide Indicted For Wire Fraud, Identity Theft
Samuel Miele, a campaign fundraiser associated with Rep. George Santos, has been indicted on federal charges in New York for allegedly impersonating a top aide to House Speaker Kevin McCarthy while seeking donations for Santos’ campaign. The indictment, which was unsealed on Wednesday in the U.S. District Court for the …
Read More »Democratic Attempt To Expel Santos From U.S. House Handed Over To Ethics Panel
Ariana Figueroa, Georgia Recorder The U.S. House on Wednesday agreed on a motion to refer to the Ethics Committee a Democratic-sponsored resolution to expel New York Republican Rep. George Santos from Congress. The motion led by Republicans was approved 221-204, with seven Democrats voting present. The expulsion resolution introduced by freshman California …
Read More »Rep. George Santos Indicted On 13 Federal Charges
New York Republican Rep. George Santos has been indicted on 13 federal charges in New York that include wire fraud, money laundering, theft of public funds and false statements to the House of Representatives. U.S. Attorney Breon Peace announced the charges Wednesday and released an unsealed grand jury indictment from …
Read More »GOP Congressman George Santos Facing Federal Charges
Prosecutors at the U.S. Department of Justice have filed criminal charges against Republican Congressman George Santos of New York, sources familiar with the matter told multiple media outlets on Tuesday. Federal prosecutors in the Eastern District of New York filed charges against the freshman lawmaker, who is expected to appear …
Read More »Poll: Nearly 80% of Voters in George Santos’ NY District Say He Should Resign
Close to 80% of voters in GOP Rep. George Santos’ New York congressional district want him to resign—including 71% of Republicans—according to a poll published Tuesday, the same day the serial liar temporarily stepped down from his House committee assignments. According to the Newsday/Siena College poll, Santos’ overall approval rating …
Read More »Investigation Reveals Top George Santos Donors ‘Don’t Seem to Exist’
Jessica Corbett, Common Dreams A pair of Mother Jones journalists revealed late Friday that more than a dozen people identified as top donors to GOP Congressman George Santos’ campaign who collectively account for over tens of thousands of dollars raised from individual donors in 2020 “don’t seem to exist.” That …
Read More »Voters Have Few Options To Remove George Santos From Congress – Aside From Waiting Until The Next Election
Jonathan Entin, Case Western Reserve University There are mounting calls from both politicians and voters to force the newly elected apparent fabulist U.S. Rep. George Santos from Congress following revelations he fabricated his background and other details of his life. But New York’s 3rd Congressional District voters, who elected Santos …
Read More »How Republicans Normalized George Santos
Dick Polman, Pennsylvania Capital-Star Decades ago, Holocaust scholar Hannah Arendt warned: “The ideal subject of totalitarian rule is not the convinced Nazi or the convinced Communist, but people for whom the distinction between fact and fiction, i.e. the reality of experience and the distinction between true and false, i.e., the …
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