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George Santos spent his post-expulsion weekend ranting and raving against his former New York GOP colleagues

Dec 5, 2023, 02:17 IST
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Two of Santos's congressional staffers look on as he speaks at a press conference on Thursday.Bill Clark/CQ-Roll Call via Getty Images
  • Former Rep. George Santos recently became the sixth member of Congress to ever get expelled.
  • Santos spent the following weekend ranting about his former GOP congressional colleagues on X.
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After becoming just the sixth member to ever get expelled from Congress, former GOP Rep. George Santos spent the weekend ranting and raving on X against his former New York Republican congressional colleagues.

Just weeks before his expulsion, the House Ethics Committee released a report accusing him of bringing "severe discredit upon the House" by using campaign funds for personal use like Botox, knowingly having his campaign file false or incomplete reports to the Federal Election Commission, along with other fraudulent activities.

Additionally, a New York grand jury indicted Santos on 23 counts including wire fraud and identity theft, to each of which he's pleaded "not guilty."

Santos, however, has not gone down quietly.

Over the weekend, after getting expelled, he accused four of the ten remaining members of New York's Republican congressional caucus of impropriety during their time in office: Reps. Nicole Malliotakis, Mike Lawler, Nick LaLota, and Brandon Williams.

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He added that he planned to file ethics complaints against three of the members — Malliotakis, Lawler, and LaLota — as well.

Also, unrelated to New York, Santos wrote that he would file an ethics complaint against Democratic Rep. Rob Menendez to "weed out the doubt surrounding" his ties to his business ties to his father after he was indicted on bribery charges.

Despite no longer being a member of Congress, Santos — along with any other private citizen — is allowed to file a complaint to the Office of Congressional Ethics. If the accusations are substantiated, the group may refer the complaint to the House Ethics Committee for further investigation.

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