Santos Expelled from the House of Representatives.

On Friday, George Santos, the scandal-ridden member of the House of Representatives from New York, was finally expelled. Santos is facing numerous fraud charges that made his position untenable. According to a report in The Guardian, the vote to expel Santos was 311 for expulsion and 114 against. One hundred ten members of his party voted to remove him, which shows that he was seen as a liability within the party. According to a report in Reuters, he is only the sixth member of the House of Representatives expelled from the House in history. Despite all of the outcry over Santos, he still has some supporters. One in particular left a flower bouquet outside his recently vacated office.

Santos Announces That He Will Not Run for Re-election.

Today, representative George Santos has announced that he will not run for re-election after an ethics report ruled that Santos was involved in criminal schemes with the goal of personal financial enrichment. According to an article in the Washington Post, Santos has railed against the report, calling it a “disgusting politicized smear.” According to a report in the Guardian, the ethics committee found a clear pattern of behavior of fraud that emerged during Santos’s time in the house and that he should be removed one way or another. In recent weeks & months, the calls for Santos to be removed came from both sides of the aisle, with some Republicans publicly admitting that he had gone. Even though Santos will not run again for re-election, he still faces many legal issues.