Nov 17 House Ethics chair moves to vote to expel Santos from Congress By Kevin Freking, Associated Press Expulsion from the House requires a two-thirds vote, a high bar. It's the sternest form of punishment available to the House and has occurred just five times in the history of the chamber. Continue reading
Nov 16 Watch 5:17 News Wrap: House Ethics Committee reports evidence Rep. Santos broke the law In our news wrap Thursday, the House Ethics Committee reported there's overwhelming evidence that Congressman George Santos broke the law, a federal jury in San Francisco convicted a man of assaulting Paul Pelosi, an appeals court judge in New York… Continue watching
Nov 16 Rep. George Santos won’t seek reelection after scathing ethics report details ‘overwhelming evidence’ of lawbreaking By Kevin Freking, Associated Press Shortly after the panel's report was released, Santos blasted it as a “politicized smear” in a tweet on X but said that he would not be seeking reelection to a second term. Continue reading
Nov 16 Read the full House Ethics report on George Santos’ alleged campaign crimes Santos has maintained his innocence and refused to resign despite calls from many of his colleagues to do so. Continue reading
Nov 01 WATCH: House rejects effort to expel Rep. George Santos By Kevin Freking, Stephen Groves, Associated Press Fellow New York Republicans are anxious to distance themselves from a colleague infamous for fabricating his life story and accused of stealing from donors, lying to Congress and receiving unemployment benefits he did not deserve. To succeed, their resolution needs… Continue reading
Oct 27 George Santos pleads not guilty to fraud charges in New York By Deepti Hajela, Associated Press U.S. Rep. George Santos has pleaded not guilty to a revised indictment accusing him of several frauds, including making tens of thousands of dollars in unauthorized charges on credit cards belonging to his campaign donors. Continue reading
Oct 10 Rep. Santos faces new charges he stole donor identities, made unauthorized charges to their credit cards By Jake Offenhartz, Associated Press A new indictment filed Tuesday charges U.S. Rep. George Santos with stealing the identities of donors to his campaign and then using their credit cards to ring up tens of thousands of dollars in unauthorized charges. Continue reading
Oct 05 Former George Santos campaign treasurer pleads guilty to unspecified felony in connection to congressman, prosecutors say By Jake Offenhartz, Associated Press Prosecutors say the ex-campaign treasurer for U.S. Rep. George Santos is scheduled to enter a guilty plea to an unspecified felony in connection with the federal investigation of financial irregularities surrounding the indicted New York Republican. Continue reading
Aug 16 A former fundraiser for Rep. Santos has been charged with wire fraud and identity theft By Jake Offenhartz, Associated Press Sam Miele was charged with four counts of wire fraud and aggravated identity theft in an alleged scheme to defraud donors and obtain money under false pretenses. Continue reading
May 10 Watch 10:37 Democratic leader Rep. Hakeem Jeffries discusses latest debt ceiling negotiations By Geoff Bennett, Cybele Mayes-Osterman, Kyle Midura Lawmakers are working on borrowed time with the nation $31 trillion in debt and projected to be unable to pay its bills in a matter of weeks. But a day after President Biden and key Republican leaders met for the… Continue watching