House Republicans Want to Expel George Santos

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charging him with 23 counts of financial wrongdoing, fraud, and identity theft.Rep. Anthony D’Esposito, whose Long Island district borders Santos’s Queens and Long Island district, announced on the social website X that he would be introducing the resolution, calling his fellow Republican a “fraudster,” reports NBC News.D’Esposito told reporters he considers Santos a “stain” on the U.S.

House of Representatives and on New York state, saying, “It’s time that we move on from George Santos.”Santos was previously charged in May with 13 separate counts of fraud, money laundering, and making false statements.

He pleaded not guilty to those charges, and was released on bail.After that initial indictment, House Democrats tried to force a vote to expel Santos from the U.S.

House of Representatives. At the time, congressional Republicans used a procedural maneuver to sidestep the vote, arguing that an ongoing House Ethics Committee investigation into alleged violations of campaign finance and conflict of interest laws should be allowed to proceed before action is taken.Now, however, with the addition of the ten new charges in a superseding indictment, Republicans appear concerned that Santos is becoming a distraction and a drag on the party.D’Esposito, a freshman congressman, said his resolution will be co-sponsored by several other New York Republican freshmen — Nick LaLota, of Long Island; Mike Lawler, of the Hudson Valley; and Marc Molinaro, Nick Langworth, and Brandon Williams, of upstate New York.The group comprises half of the New York delegation’s 11 Republican members.