“While he was leading the charge against me and calling me all these things, [D’Esposito] was actually stealing money from the American people and giving it to benefit his mistress in a no-show job ploy at the expense of taxpayer dollars. Tell me what that speaks about his character or the sheer hypocrisy of it all.
“This shouldn’t be deemed political. There’s nothing political about this case. This is a sheer, dead-to-rights abuse of the office. I don’t think I should have been expelled. I don’t think he should be expelled even though he set those standards for me. I think he should be afforded due process in a court of law that should be adjudicated in the Ethics Committee.
“What’s really rich is that the people who had the gall and the testicular fortitude to expel me in the most arbitrary way in the history of the body are the very same ones now coming down with all of their misdeeds, corruptions and unethical behavior. So it’s a good opportunity for them. Before they say anything about me, go look at yourself in the mirror.” – George Santos, speaking to Politico.
We called up George Santos yesterday to get his perspective on the charges swirling around Rep. Anthony D’Esposito (R-N.Y.).
That perspective, in a word, is schadenfreude.
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