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The Hill reports:
Rep. George Santos (R-N.Y.) may be getting pushed out of Congress, but he’s making it clear that he won’t be leaving quietly.
The embattled lawmaker announced Thursday morning that he will move to force a vote on expelling Rep. Jamaal Bowman (D-N.Y.) from the House, just over one month after the New York Democrat was charged with a misdemeanor for falsely pulling a fire alarm in a House office building ahead of a key vote. He pleaded guilty to one misdemeanor and agreed to pay a fine and write an apology to the Capitol Police.
Santos — who faces 23 federal criminal counts — unveiled his plans during a press conference outside the Capitol on Thursday, one day before the House is poised to hold a vote on expelling him.
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Ahead of a vote that could make him the first House lawmaker to be expelled in more than 20 years, Rep. George Santos is seeking an expulsion vote on Rep. Jamaal Bowman, who pulled a fire alarm in one of the House office buildings. https://t.co/xP5H9pOC1M
— Axios (@axios) November 30, 2023
Santos: “If I leave, they win….this is bullying” https://t.co/Me7TKHoM3u
— Jamie Dupree (@jamiedupree) November 30, 2023
Rep. George Santos is speaking now outside the Capitol ahead of the expulsion vote:
“It’s amazing to me that this House continues to want to push me out, while we have Secretary Mayorkas who has committed absolute dereliction of duty and has put all Americans in danger.” pic.twitter.com/NXQ9KGMXPT
— Jacob N. Kornbluh (@jacobkornbluh) November 30, 2023
Happy “Last Day in Congress for George Santos Day” to all who are celebrating in and outside of #NY03
Here’s a quick recap of some of the lies and potential crimes uncovered over the last year: pic.twitter.com/DtRyncKx3P
— Melanie D’Arrigo (@DarrigoMelanie) November 30, 2023
George Santos:
• Lied about his mother being a victim of the 9/11 attacks despite living in Brazil
• Lied about being Jewish
• Lied about his grandparents surviving the Holocaust
• Lied about having employees killed in the Pulse Nightclub shooting pic.twitter.com/zl3TH4awnF— Melanie D’Arrigo (@DarrigoMelanie) November 30, 2023
George Santos:
• Lied about graduating from Baruch College
• Lied about being the star of the Baruch volleyball team
• Lied about getting his MBA at NYU
• Lied about working at Goldman Sachs and Citigroup
• Lied about his employment at LinkBridge Investors pic.twitter.com/U95SePeOFr— Melanie D’Arrigo (@DarrigoMelanie) November 30, 2023
George Santos:
• Worked at an investment firm accused by the SEC of being a Ponzi scheme
• Charged in Brazil with credit card fraud
• Lied about being a landlord and owning 13 properties
• Lied about founding an animal charity and personally pocketed donations pic.twitter.com/S5HlOdXhji— Melanie D’Arrigo (@DarrigoMelanie) November 30, 2023
George Santos:
• Stole money from a disabled vet whose dog was dying
• Accused of writing bad checks to purchase puppies, then selling the puppies
• Indicted on 2 counts of wire fraud
• Indicted on 2 counts of making materially false statements to the FEC pic.twitter.com/eMCldCDZHO— Melanie D’Arrigo (@DarrigoMelanie) November 30, 2023
George Santos:
• Indicted on 2 counts of falsifying records submitted to obstruct the FEC
• Indicted on 2 counts of aggravated identity theft
• Indicted on 1 count of access device fraud
• Accused of skimming credit cards from ATM machines in Seattle pic.twitter.com/aKsoUxW9pr— Melanie D’Arrigo (@DarrigoMelanie) November 30, 2023
George Santos:
• Defrauded donors and had them donate $50k to his LLC instead of his campaign
• Invented campaign donors, and some donors claimed to not have donated
• Spent campaign funds on personal expenses like Sephora, Hermes, OnlyFans and Botox pic.twitter.com/x2OqROrIRx— Melanie D’Arrigo (@DarrigoMelanie) November 30, 2023
George Santos:
• Collected $24k in unemployment benefits while employed in 2020 and 2021
• Stole the identity of family members
• Used campaign donors’ credit card info to make additional campaign donations
• Submitted fraudulent campaign finance filings to the FEC pic.twitter.com/NLkmHypuEY— Melanie D’Arrigo (@DarrigoMelanie) November 30, 2023
George Santos:
• Lied about personal loans to his campaign to inflate his fundraising numbers
• Reimbursed himself for loans he didn’t make
• Lied about his marriage and divorce to a woman
• Was a drag queen in Brazil
• Claimed he was the target of an assassination attempt pic.twitter.com/M6Lq4wiIr2— Melanie D’Arrigo (@DarrigoMelanie) November 30, 2023
George Santos:
• Lied about acting in Hannah Montana and Suite Life of Zack & Cody
• Lied about acting in a movie with Uma Thurman
• Lied about helping to produce Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark
• Lied about being a journalist and executive for Brazilian media giant Globo pic.twitter.com/nDBXNpT2xe— Melanie D’Arrigo (@DarrigoMelanie) November 30, 2023