{"id":597834,"date":"2023-11-16T03:15:56","date_gmt":"2023-11-16T00:15:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/house-braces-for-santos-ethics-report\/"},"modified":"2023-11-16T03:15:56","modified_gmt":"2023-11-16T00:15:56","slug":"house-braces-for-santos-ethics-report","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/house-braces-for-santos-ethics-report\/","title":{"rendered":"#House braces for Santos Ethics report"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/thehill.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/11\/santosgeorge_092723gn08_w.jpg?w=900\" \/><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>The House is bracing for the long-awaited Ethics Committee report into embattled Rep. George Santos (R-N.Y.), which some lawmakers expect will be damning \u2014 and potentially the final straw of the New York Republican\u2019s radioactive run in Congress.<\/p>\n<p>The committee last month said it would announce its \u201cnext course of action\u201d in the probe on or before Nov. 17 \u2014\u00a0Friday \u2014\u00a0and Rep. Susan Wild (D-Pa.), the ranking member of the Ethics panel, confirmed that it will be the final report.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"ad-unit ad-unit--mr1_ab\"><\/aside>\n<p>The release of the report will mark the crescendo of Santos\u2019s thunderous tenure in Washington, which has been riddled with federal indictments \u2014\u00a0he is facing 23 criminal charges \u2014 votes on his expulsion and allegations that he told a litany of lies on the campaign trail.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m eagerly awaiting the report,\u201d Rep. Nick LaLota (R-N.Y.) told reporters on Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think the report is going to confirm what he\u2019s admitted to, which is he\u2019s a fraud and should not be a member of Congress,\u201d Rep. Marc Molinaro (R-N.Y.) said.<\/p>\n<p>While the report will mark the closing salvo from the Ethics Committee, it is expected to compound the political drama surrounding Santos on Capitol Hill. Lawmakers from both parties have said they are considering forcing a third vote on his expulsion after some members voted against his ouster earlier this month, citing the panel\u2019s pending work<\/p>\n<p>The chamber voted\u00a0179-213-19\u00a0on expelling Santos earlier in November, far short of the two-thirds majority needed to boot a sitting lawmaker.<\/p>\n<p>Rep. Dan Goldman (D-N.Y.) \u2014\u00a0who filed an Ethics complaint against Santos in January and hand-delivered the paperwork to his New York colleague \u2014\u00a0told The Hill that Democrats are considering launching another effort to expel Santos.\u00a0<\/p>\n<aside class=\"ad-unit ad-unit--mr2_ab\"><\/aside>\n<p>LaLota, meanwhile, has\u00a0<a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/cspan\/status\/1720092504794800635?s=20\">indicated<\/a>\u00a0that he would move to force a vote on booting Santos once Ethics\u2019 work is out but was coy on the particulars Wednesday, <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">app<\/a>earing to defer to the reaction the report ultimately generates.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI don\u2019t know the timing. I think that the substance of the report will drive other members to get to yes. I\u2019m a yes from a long time ago on expulsion. But we\u2019ll see what gets other of my colleagues to yes,\u201d LaLota told reporters Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p>Those lawmakers, however, will not get full cover from the Ethics panel.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"ad-unit ad-unit--mr3_ab\"><\/aside>\n<p>Rep. Michael Guest (R-Miss.), the chairman of the panel, told reporters on Wednesday that the committee will not include disciplinary recommendations, instead letting lawmakers read the report and decide what the next course of action should be. The chairman said that the process for recommending sanctions \u201cwould have taken several more months.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe investigative subcommittee decided that they were gonna compile the report, they would release the report to the members and to the public, and based upon that then members could take whatever action that they felt was necessary,\u201d Guest said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe thought that based upon the information that was out there to the public as a whole, on the information that we intend to release in the report, that that will be enough for members to be able to make a decision as to whether or not they believed it would be proper to expel Rep. Santos,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"ad-unit ad-unit--mr4_ab\"><\/aside>\n<p>That decision could make it more difficult for some members to get on board with expulsion over concerns of setting a poor precedent by ousting a lawmaker who hasn\u2019t been convicted on any charges. Santos\u2019s critics, however, are brushing aside that detail and banking on the reporting being damning enough that members will feel compelled to boot the congressman from the chamber.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI don\u2019t need an Ethics report to tell me what I already know,\u201d LaLota said when pressed on the panel\u2019s decision. \u201cI am certain that he does not deserve to be a member of the House of Representatives.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAssuming that there is more damaging evidence that will come out in the Ethics report, which I expect that there will be, I\u2019m happy that it is getting now to the point where there are no more bogus excuses for Republicans to use to avoid casting a true vote on whether or not they believe a complete fraudster and liar belongs in Congress,\u201d Goldman said Tuesday.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"ad-unit ad-unit--mr5_ab\"><\/aside>\n<p>Only five House members have been expelled in history, three of whom were booted for being disloyal to the Union in 1861. Santos\u2019s ouster, however, would deal a blow to the House GOP conference, which has a razor-thin three-seat majority in the chamber.<\/p>\n<p>Those numbers are of concern to GOP leaders, but the New York Republicans leading the expulsion effort \u2014 several of whom serve in districts President Biden won in 2020 \u2014\u00a0are facing pressure at home to oust Santos, who they deem an embarrassment.<\/p>\n<p>Santos, for his part, is defending his standing in Congress, telling reporters as recently as Wednesday that he plans to remain in office and vowing to roll with the punches as the Ethics panel prepares to release its findings.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"ad-unit ad-unit--mr6_ab\"><\/aside>\n<p>\u201cLike I said before, I\u2019m staying in office for sure,\u201d he said Wednesday. \u201cI think I said this very clear to you: I will take whatever comes my way the way it comes. I have no concerns, and I don\u2019t have any premeditated feelings on this.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He told CNN earlier this month that he still plans to run for his seat in 2024 even if he is expelled this term.<\/p>\n<p>The release of the Ethics Committee\u2019s report comes as the legal walls are closing in around Santos. Federal prosecutors have unveiled two criminal indictments against the New York Republican, charging him with 23 counts on allegations that he misled donors, fraudulently received unemployment benefits, lied on House financial disclosures, inflated his campaign finance reports and charged his donors\u2019 credit cards without authorization. He has pleaded not guilty to all counts and his trial is set for September 2024.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"ad-unit ad-unit--mr7_ab\"><\/aside>\n<p>Adding to that legal predicament, two of Santos\u2019s ex-aides have pleaded guilty to charges that overlap with the congressman \u2014 a sign that they could be ready to testify against him. Santos told CNN that a plea deal for himself is \u201cnot on the table\u201d right now.<\/p>\n<p>Goldman, a former federal prosecutor, noted the unusual nature of the Ethics Committee announcing the results of its findings before prosecutors complete their case.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI am happy that the Ethics Committee did not wait for the criminal case to play out, which is the usual course,\u201d Goldman said. \u201cAnd I think the reason they did not is partly because of the pressure that we put on the Republicans to address this issue of a complete charlatan being, walking the halls of Congress and voting on legislation.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The release of the Ethics Committee report will be the culmination of the panel\u2019s months-long probe into Santos, who became the subject of controversy even before he was sworn in to represent New York\u2019s third Congressional district following a report from\u00a0<a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2022\/12\/19\/nyregion\/george-santos-ny-republicans.html\">The New York Times<\/a>\u00a0that he fabricated parts of his resume and biography. Santos has since admitted to some of those falsehoods.<\/p>\n<p>The panel voted to open an investigation into the newly minted Congress in February to probe allegations regarding unlawful activity on his 2022 campaign, information on statements filed with the House, conflict of interest laws and \u201csexual misconduct towards an individual seeking employment in his congressional office.\u201d In June, the committee announced that it had\u00a0expanded its probe\u00a0to include accusations that Santos fraudulently obtained unemployment insurance benefits.<\/p>\n<p>Santos has remained defiant throughout the investigation, refusing calls to resign and claiming that he will be exonerated.<\/p>\n<p>But on Wednesday, when asked if might be departing the House floor for one of his last times, he acknowledged that his fate on Capitol Hill may not be in his hands.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI don\u2019t know that,\u201d Santos responded.<\/p>\n<p><em>Mike Lillis contributed.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Copyright 2023 Nexstar <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/social-mediaa\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"1\" title=\"Social Media\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Media<\/a> Inc. 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