Homocons

The Hill reports: Rep. Anthony D’Esposito (R-N.Y.) on Monday suggested there are enough votes to expel Rep. George Santos (R-N.Y.) from the House amid the controversy that surrounds Santos in his mounting legal battles. Asked on NewsNation’s “The Hill” if a measure to expel Santos would pass, D’Esposito [photo above] said, “I think there is an opportunity for it to …

The Daily Beast reports: When George Santos’ congressional campaign came under federal investigation this year, no one wanted to be his treasurer—to the extent that one person took the unprecedented step of asking for a criminal investigation into how his name appeared on the forms in the first place. Now, the lawyer who filed that request has taken another unprecedented …

NBC News reports: Rep. George Santos, R-N.Y., pled not guilty Friday to additional charges in a superseding indictment, including allegations of identity theft and transferring money to his personal bank account from a supporter’s credit card. U.S. District Judge Joanna Seybert set a trial date for Santos of Sept. 9 of next year, which is expected to last a month. …

“Here’s the reality, Sean. We have a four-seat majority in the House. It is possible that that number may be reduced even more in the coming weeks and months, and so we will have what may be the most razor-thin majority in the history of the Congress. We have no margin for error. And so George Santos is due due …

“Log Cabin Republicans congratulates Rep. Michael Johnson on his election to become the 56th Speaker of the House of Representatives. As Speaker and the leader of the GOP in the House, it will be imperative that he work to implement an agenda that advances the interests of all Americans. “Speaker Johnson previously united all sides of the conservative movement in …

New York City’s CBS affiliate reports: Rep. George Santos, a Republican of New York, is expected to appear in court Friday soon after he was hit with a slew of additional charges earlier this month that accuse him of stealing his campaign donors’ identities and racking up thousands of dollars in unauthorized charges on their credit cards. The Justice Department …

Bloomberg News reports: Indicted New York Representative George Santos faces a vote next week by fellow lawmakers on expelling him from the US House. New York Republican Anthony D’Esposito on Thursday made a formal demand to vote on the expulsion, requiring Speaker Mike Johnson to call a vote within two legislative days. The House is leaving Thursday for a long …

Politico reports: Rep. Anthony D’Esposito (R-N.Y.) said that he plans to trigger a privileged resolution on Wednesday, which would mean the full House would have to consider the measure within 48 hours. It would require a two-thirds vote to actually pass, a high bar that the House is unlikely to clear. They had tabled a similar resolution earlier this year, …

CBS News reports: Some New York Republicans say they’re going to push ahead with a formal resolution to expel embattled Rep. George Santos, Republican of New York, now that the House is open after its three-week speaker stalemate. Santos’ New York House colleagues announced a measure last week to boot him from Congress, after federal prosecutors added new charges and …

From a lengthy NYT interview with George Santos: “I’ll give you one, I’ll give you one story that nobody talks about,” he replied, before telling me how his 5-year-old niece disappeared from a playground in Queens, only to be located 40 minutes later on a surveillance camera with two Chinese men. He said the incident was the subject of an …

“In January 2022, I weighed myself in at 350 pounds and I said, ‘No. This has to change’. In December 2022, I weighed myself in before the New Year rang in and I was 251 pounds, so that’s 99 pounds in a year. I was pre-diabetic. It totally helped. I think the FDA should really consider looking into it and …

The Insider reports: Peter Thiel has worn many hats over the years: Silicon Valley founder, Trump megadonor, cryptocurrency booster, democracy skeptic. But there is yet another facet to Thiel, one that has remained secret until now: FBI informant. In the summer of 2021, Insider has learned, Thiel began providing information as a “confidential human source,” or CHS, to Johnathan Buma, …

Politico reports: Embattled Rep. George Santos (R-N.Y.) issued more money in refunds than he took in from donors last quarter, calling into question his ability to run for reelection next year. His campaign also disclosed debt from last year that was not properly reported at the time — or in filings since. Santos’ campaign refunded more than $35,000 to donors …

Fresh off ten new felony charges for identify theft and allegedly charging thousands to the credit card of a donor, Rep. George Santos this afternoon threw a screaming, F-bomb laden tirade in a Capitol office building, apparently after encountering an anti-Israel protester. As always, Santos is trailed by a phalanx of reporters eager to corner him about the speaker battle …

ABC News reports: Hours after he was hit with a new round of federal charges, New York congressman George Santos briefly sat down with a small group of reporters on Wednesday morning to reiterate a few things: He does not intend to resign, he does not intend to take a plea deal and he intends to fight the case until …

Axios reports: A group of House Republicans from New York is reviving efforts to expel Rep. George Santos (R-N.Y.) from Congress. The move comes after the Justice Department brought new charges against the embattled Long Islander. House Democrats introduced a measure to expel Santos in May, but Republicans – including the New Yorkers – voted to refer it to the …

Spectrum New York reports: Federal prosecutors on Tuesday unsealed new charges against New York Rep. George Santos connected to allegedly charging tens of thousands of dollars to his donors’ credit cards without their knowledge, stealing his family members’ identities and inflating his campaign finance reports to federal election authorities by hundreds of thousands of dollars. At one point, Santos allegedly …

From the Justice Department: A 23-count superseding indictment was filed today in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York, charging George Anthony Devolder Santos, better known as “George Santos,” the United States Representative for the Third District of New York, with one count of conspiracy to commit offenses against the United States, two counts of …

The New York Times reports: Of all of the revelations to emerge from the federal prosecution of Representative George Santos’s treasurer, the most outrageous is the existence of a $500,000 loan that did not in fact exist. The fictional loan goes to the heart of one of the most vexing questions surrounding Mr. Santos: How did a man of seemingly …

Talking Points Memo reports: According to his campaign’s filings with the Federal Election Commission, Santos helped power his House bid with personal loans of more than $500,000. It was never quite clear how Santos went from making $55,000 to having a vast personal fortune in the span of a matter of months. But on Thursday, as Nancy Marks, Santos’ campaign …