Embattled Rep. George Santos is facing yet another attempt to expel him from the U.S. House of Representatives — and this time it might take.
Rep. Michael Guest, a Mississippi Republican who chairs the House ethics committee, says he filed a resolution Friday morning to kick Santos out of Congress, clearing the way for the House to consider the measure after members return from their Thanksgiving break.
The resolution comes a day after a House subcommittee investigating Santos issued a report finding “substantial evidence” the lawmaker knowingly committed ethics violations and potentially broke the law — including by spending his campaign funds on credit card debt, OnlyFans purchases and skin care. The subcommittee forwarded its report to the full House and the Justice Department for review.
In a statement, Guest said the evidence from the investigation is “more than sufficient to warrant punishment and the most appropriate punishment, is expulsion.”
Santos, a Republican who represents parts of Queens and Nassau County, came under scrutiny weeks before being sworn into office for lying about much of his professional resume and personal history. He lied that he was a “proud American Jew,” that his grandparents fled the Holocaust, and that his mother died on 9/11. He also lied that he’d graduated from Baruch College and won a championship on the school’s volleyball team, among many other tall tales now investigated by the subcommittee.
Santos has pleaded not guilty to 23 federal charges, including identity theft, credit card fraud, and stealing campaign funds.
He responded to the official ethics report by declaring he would not run for re-election in 2024. But that announcement wasn’t enough to ward off the latest expulsion effort.
A previous attempt on Nov. 1 to expel Santos from Congress failed, largely because some congressmembers said it would set a bad precedent to boot him before the ethics probe concluded.
Now, some lawmakers who did not vote…
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