US House defeats move to expel Republican George Santos
The 35-year-old New York lawmaker has pleaded not guilty to charges accusing him of crimes including laundering funds to pay for his personal expenses, illegally receiving unemployment benefits and charging donors' credit cards without their consent.
The former treasurer for Santos' campaign pleaded guilty on Oct. 5 to a conspiracy charge for inflating fundraising numbers.
"I must warn my colleagues that voting for expulsion at this point would circumvent the judicial system's right to due process that I'm entitled to and desanctify the long-held premise that one is presumed innocent until proven guilty," Santos said ahead of the vote.
Expulsion of a lawmaker requires a vote by two-thirds of the chamber. Only five people have been expelled from the House in the country's history, three for fighting against the U.S. government in the Civil War.
Democrats should make him the poster child Republican. The most honest shining member of the bunch who at least admits he's blatantly lying. The one they all banded together to save. They deserve him.
31 Democrats voted to keep him. 24 Republicans voted to boot him. It didn't even make a simple majority, though that 62 vote swing would helped a bunch.
So, he got more support than several of their own candidates for speaker. (I think. Can't be bothered to look up the numbers. It's all kinda pointless.)
They're waiting for the official ethics board, or whatever, to make their ruling. It's not so much that the Dems support Santos, as they do the rules and means of Congress
You aren't wrong and that's pretty funny to think about.
What a shitshow.