A damning new House Committee on Ethics report has found that New York GOP Rep. George Santos “blatantly stole’ from his campaign and “deceived voters.”
From The New York Post:
The ethics panel did not make specific recommendations on action against the already-indicted Santos, but it did refer its evidence to the Justice Department.
The committee emphatically declared that the 35-year-old “cannot be trusted” and his conduct “warrants public condemnation, is beneath the dignity of the office, and has brought severe discredit upon the House.”
Santos had been under investigation by the 10-member ethics panel since February. He was adamant that he wouldn’t step down from Congress regardless of the findings against him.
Earlier this month, Santos survived an expulsion effort championed by six of his fellow House Republicans from New York. Rep. Michael Guest (R-Miss.), who chairs the ethics committee, predicted the report could revive attempts to oust Santos before the end of his term.
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The House Ethics Committee said Thursday that it found substantial evidence that Rep. George Santos stole money from his campaign but stopped short of recommending that lawmakers boot him from Congress https://t.co/sX1ieXXMfd https://t.co/sX1ieXXMfd
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