George Santos is hellbent on dragging out his public humiliation as long as humanly possible

US Representatives yesterday voted to send a resolution concerning the expulsion of Rep. George Santos (R-NY) to the House Ethics Committee.
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Fabulist Santos, who is facing multiple investigations and has been indicted on 13 counts of fraud and money laundering, has been dogged by controversy since it emerged at the start of the year that he had consistently lied about his career and background.

The House voted yesterday 221-204-7 to send a resolution demanding his expulsion to Ethics. All the ‘yeas’ were Republicans. The move effectively blocks House lawmakers from expelling Santos themselves.

Both Democratic and Republican reps have called on Santos to resign. However, pushing the decision to the Ethics Committee spares the bulk of GOP reps from having to cast a firm “yea” or “nay” vote on Santos’ expulsion.

Given that the Ethics panel members have already been investigating Santos for several weeks, it’s a largely redundant move.

Santos himself voted to send the resolution to Ethics, reports The Hill. He told reporters afterward he did so, “because there’s a process — in this country, everybody is innocent until proven guilty.”

Later, on Twitter, he posted the following statement.

“This evening, Congress…

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