His days in Congress are undoubtedly numbered. New York State Republican elected official George Santos, who has distinguished himself by his repeated lies since his election at the end of 2022, has “seriously discredited” the House of Representatives, concluded the institution’s ethics commission. in a report released Thursday.
On November 1, a majority of the Republican-controlled House voted against excluding George Santos, who is federally indicted for defrauding his donors and faces charges of money laundering and wire fraud. He admitted to having lied to voters by inventing entire parts of his life.
“The behavior of Representative Santos is unworthy of his office and has seriously discredited the House,” states in its report the investigative group formed in February by the ethics committee.
The report notably highlights that the elected official spent campaign funds at Hermès (a little more than $4,000) and made “smaller purchases” at Séphora and on OnlyFans, a site on which Internet users, mainly young girls , sell erotic or pornographic content.
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He “sought to fraudulently exploit every aspect of his candidacy for personal financial gain” and “consistently lied to his constituents, donors, and staff about his background and experience,” according to the report.
Accordingly, the Ethics Committee urges all of George Santos’ colleagues to “take whatever action they deem adequate and necessary to fulfill the constitutional mandate of the House to regulate the behavior of its members,” without recommending one. especially. She indicates that she is transmitting to the Ministry of Justice its conclusions on the facts for which he is not being criminally prosecuted.
On Thursday, Santos announced that he would not run again next year in the face of this “relentlessness”. But he could be excluded soon: several Republicans who had until now supported him abandoned him on Thursday. A two-thirds majority vote is needed, meaning Democrats need about 80 Republicans.