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By Bess Levin
Will George Santos ever be expelled from Congress? This is a question that many other people have probably asked themselves many, many times. For example, when the news broke, he had amassed a large chunk of his resume. Or that he told other people that his grandparents had fled the Holocaust and that his mother was in the South Tower on 9/11. Or when the FBI opened an investigation into allegedly defrauding a veteran out of money raised for the man’s dying dog. Or when he was accused of stealing donor identities, stealing his credit cards for tens of thousands of dollars in fees and transferring some of the cash to his own private bank account. On all of those occasions and many more, other people have probably wondered: No, actually, how is this guy still there?
The answer, of course, is that Republicans have an incredibly high, if not insurmountable, bar for the kind of habit they tolerate among their own. With the exception of a few boisterous New York lawmakers who are embarrassed to be geographically related to Santos, few members of Congress seem likely to beat him up without a formal felon conviction (and even then, many of them would probably decide to do so). This was true not only for former House Speaker Kevin McCarthy, who joked about his months-old promise to deal temporarily with Santos, but also for new House Speaker Mike Johnson, who advised in an interview shortly after winning the majority that Republicans can’t oust Santos because that would reduce their already narrow majority.
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Still, there is a small chance that the accused, lying-telling scammer will be fired at some point in the near future. By Politico:
Rep. George Santos (R. N. Y. ) has escaped two attempts this year to expel him from the House. A third time could end differently, defining the effects of a long-awaited ethics report this week. The House Ethics Committee is not expected to release until Friday the findings of its investigation into Santos on a number of charges, including money fraud and bribery. If he is damning, as many expect, the New York Republicans who called for his impeachment will likely act against him.
His previous effort failed to secure the mandatory two-thirds majority, while other Republicans opposed setting a precedent of expelling a member without conviction. But some members who last time have indicated that a compelling ethics report would replace their minds.
“It’s going to come out,” Rep. Don Bacon, who in the past voted to oust Santos, told Politico. “If he’s found to be at fault through ethics, he’ll leave. “But John Duarte of California was less amenable to the idea, telling the outlet he would vote for expulsion if the ethics committee concluded “that there are criminal acts,” adding, “The only thing I need to make sure we don’t do it, whether it’s expulsion or censure, is to lower the standards.
In order to send Santos to pack his bags, about 80 Republicans would have to sign along with all the Democrats to bring him back to New York, and it is not at all transparent that 80 Republicans would sign; Earlier this month, a solution put forward by New York Republicans to expel Santos from the House received support from just 24 Republican lawmakers.
For his part, Santos, who continues to upload new entries to his “probable” list, said last week that he was “not worried” about the upcoming ethics report, or any conceivable pressure to oust him that might follow. do it,” he said. If they don’t have a conviction and if they don’t have anything wrong with ethics, and they keep insisting on that, the norm is still. . . that we are setting a harmful precedent. “
Santos has pleaded guilty to all criminal charges and his federal trial is scheduled for September 2024. He also denies swindling cash intended for the veteran’s dying dog.
The congressman recently said in an interview that he was relying on definitive evidence that his grandparents fled Hitler, but that the “damn war” in Ukraine was delaying things.
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