A resolution would require a two-thirds vote in the House of Representative for Santos to be expelled.
New York Rep. George Santos is due back in court Friday morning to face new fraud charges as House Republicans move to have their embattled colleague kicked out of Congress.
Santos was indicted on various federal offenses back in May for fabricating his life story, lying to congress about being a millionaire, and misleading voters, all while cheating to collect unemployment benefits. The 23 new charges accuse him of conspiring to defraud donors by using their credit cards to rack up tens of thousands of dollars in unauthorized purchases.
"While George Santos is entitled to his day in court to plead his innocence, the people of New York's 3rd Congressional District deserve a representative who is solely focused on serving the public and not spending the majority of their time combatting 23 federal charges such as wire fraud, money laundering and theft of public funds," Rep. D'Esposito saidin a statement. "We must remove this conman from Congress." In response, Santos said he is entitled to due process.
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