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US Capitol Worker Removes Sign From Santos’s Office

NBC News reports: The House voted Friday to expel George Santos from Congress, making the New York Republican just the sixth member of the House ever to be expelled and the first in more than 20 years. Santos was immediately stripped of his position as a member of Congress. The House speaker then directed the clerk to notify the governor …

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WATCH: Santos Flees Reporters During Expulsion Vote

Mediaite reports: After being expelled by the House on Friday morning, Rep. George Santos rushed to his car, running away from an onslaught of reporters and cameras. Reporters rushed to confront Santos on the Capitol Hill Friday morning but his longtime aide Vish Burra kept a healthy distance between the expelled Congressman and the cameras as he fled the scene …

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LIVE VIDEO: House Votes On Expelling George Santos

CNBC reports: The House is set to vote Friday on whether to expel Rep. George Santos from Congress over the lies, scandals and alleged campaign finance crimes that have defined the New York Republican’s brief and controversial time in office. If the expulsion resolution passes, Santos will become just the sixth House member in U.S. history to be booted from …

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LIVE VIDEO: House Debates Santos Expulsion Measure

The New York Times reports: The House of Representatives will begin a reinvigorated debate on Thursday on whether to expel Representative George Santos of New York, setting the stage for a vote that seems somewhat tilted against him. The vote, expected on Friday, will be the third time this year that the House has weighed the fate of Mr. Santos, …

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Santos: I Will Intro Motion To Expel Jamaal Bowman

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 …

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LIVE VIDEO: George Santos Holds Press Conference

CBS News reports: Embattled Republican Rep. George Santos of New York is set to address the public Thursday as the House prepares to take up a third resolution to expel him from Congress, two weeks after the House Ethics Committee said it found “overwhelming evidence” that he violated federal law. It’s unclear what Santos will say during the press conference, …

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House Republicans Beg Santos To Resign Before Vote

Axios reports: House Republicans are pinning their hopes on a last minute resignation from Rep. George Santos (R-N.Y.) to avoid what one top Republican said would be “tough votes” on expelling him. Emerging from a meeting with Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) and other top Republicans on Tuesday evening, Republican Study Committee Chair Kevin Hern (R-Okla.) described multiple phone calls between …

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Kitara Revache Dares House Reps: “Put Up Or Shut Up”

“All these members are pushing this. They want me to resign because they don’t want to take this tough vote that sets the precedent to their own demise in the future. They’re not immune from all the nonsense that goes on in Washington, where you all [reporters] follow them around with cameras and microphones in their faces. They don’t like …

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Dem Rep Introduces Resolution To Expel George Santos

CBS News reports: The House will try again this week to expel embattled GOP Rep. George Santos after Democratic Rep. Robert Garcia moved Tuesday to force a vote on ousting him this week. The California lawmaker introduced a “privileged” resolution to expel the New York Republican after a damning report from the House Ethics Committee earlier this month said there …

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“Expel Santos” Balloon Appears Outside Of US Capitol Hours Ahead Of Expected House Expulsion Resolution

The Guardian reports: George Santos, 35, faces federal charges of conspiracy, wire fraud, false statements, falsification of records, aggravated identity theft and credit card fraud, in a 23-count indictment in his home state. If convicted, he is likely to spend years in prison. “This story is a tragedy,” says Mark Chiusano, author of The Fabulist: The Lying, Hustling, Grifting, Stealing, …

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Santos Expulsion Vote Likely To Happen This Week

The Hill reports: Tuesday will mark the first time lawmakers are back in the Capitol since the House Ethics Committee released a damning report that said the embattled lawmaker “violated federal criminal laws.” The chairman of that panel — Rep. Michael Guest (R-Miss.) — introduced a resolution to expel Santos, and other lawmakers have said they plan to force a …

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Santos Calls GOP House Ethics Panel Chair A “Pussy” And Calls Himself The “Mary Magdalene” Of Congress

The Messenger reports: “I know I’m going to get expelled when this expulsion resolution goes to the floor,” Santos said on Twitter Spaces, reported Alexander Solender of Axios. “I can do math,” he added, referring to the expected vote tally. He’s daring Ethics Committee Chair Rep. Michael Guest, R-Miss., who filed a Santos expulsion resolution last week, to force a …

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Far-Right Catholic “Ex-Gay” Leader Says It’s “Nobody’s Business” Why He Was Ousted On “Morality Violations”

The Associated Press reports: The founder of a far-right, unofficial Catholic media group has resigned for an unspecified violation of the organization’s morality clause, the group said in a statement Tuesday. Michael Voris stepped down as president of St. Michael’s Media and Church Militant, a Michigan-based enterprise established to address what Voris’ official biography calls “the serious erosion of the …

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Santos Compares Ethics Committee To “Communists”

“There was no Due process! A report designed to smear me and create narratives that are false is what this was. We were never asked a single question pertaining to their ‘findings’ all we were asked for was to produce and we did to the best of our ability. They got so much wrong in this report and refused my …

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SNL’s George Santos: “I Invented Being Gay” [VIDEO]

The New York Times reports: Bowen Yang’s remaining opportunities to play Santos on “S.N.L.” are surely dwindling as the congressman faces another vote to expel him from the House. If this appearance on Weekend Update was Yang’s swan song in the role, he gave it his all as he explained — in typical over-the-top fashion — why he spent campaign …

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House Republicans Pile On In Move To Expel Santos

Politico reports: Unlike previous attempts to remove the embattled New York Republican, the latest push led by Ethics Committee Chair Michael Guest (R-Miss.) could actually get the two-thirds majority that is required to expel him. If all Democrats vote to boost Santos — the most likely outcome — then roughly 80 GOP members would need to join them in order …

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Santos Spox Quits, Had Called Him “Borderline Genius”

The Hill reports: Gabrielle Lipsky, the communications director for Rep. George Santos (R-N.Y.), has resigned from the congressman’s office, a source familiar with the situation confirmed to The Hill. Lipsky resigned after the House Ethics Committee published a damning report following its investigation into Santos, which found “substantial evidence” that the New York Republican “violated federal criminal laws.” Lipsky began …

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Ethics Committee Chair Files Motion To Expel Santos

Roll Call reports: The House Ethics Committee found substantial evidence that Rep. George Santos committed additional violations of criminal law, including misreporting loans from the 2020 campaign and other reporting violations, according to a report released Thursday. Ethics Chairman Michael Guest said after the committee’s report was released that he would file a motion on Friday to expel Santos, R-N.Y., …

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Santos: “Dirty Biased Ethics Panel Trampled My Rights”

“My year from Hell. Running for office was never a dream or goal, but when the opportunity to do so came I felt the time to serve my country was now. “Looking back today I know one thing, politics is indeed dirty, dirty from the very bottom up. Consultants, operatives, the opposition, the party and more… the one thing I …

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House Reps To Vote Again On Expelling George Santos

Axios reports: The House is expected to vote on expulsion shortly after they return from their Thanksgiving recess — meaning the embattled Long Islander’s days in Congress are likely numbered. “He’s gone,” predicted one House Republican. Rep. Michael Guest (R-Miss.), the chair of the Ethics Committee, plans to file a privileged resolution to expel Santos at the House’s pro forma …

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