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Rep. D’Esposito suggests there may be enough votes to expel Santos (thehill.com)

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Rep. Anthony D’Esposito (R-N.Y.) on Monday suggested there are enough votes to expel Rep. George Santos (R-N.Y.) from the House amid the controversy that surrounds Santos in his mounting legal battles.

Asked on NewsNation’s “The Hill” if a measure to expel Santos would pass, D’Esposito said, “I think there is an opportunity for it to pass, because I think we have an opportunity to set a new precedent.”

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[–] autotldr@lemmings.world 2 points 1 year ago

This is the best summary I could come up with:

D’Esposito, alongside a group of New York Republicans, moved to force a vote on expelling Santos last week, marking the second attempt this year to eject the embattled first-term lawmaker from Congress.

has given any reassurances to not kill the legislation, D’Esposito said he spoke with the Louisiana Republican before he presented the bill last week.

Santos admitted earlier this year to embellishing parts of his background while campaigning, but he has reiterated he will not resign despite his legal troubles.

In an interview with Fox News’s Sean Hannity last week, Johnson said Santos deserves “due process to play itself out.”

And so if we’re gonna expel people from Congress just because they’re charged with a crime, then — you know, or accused — that’s a problem,” Johnson told Hannity.

NewsNation is a cable news channel launched in 2021 by Nexstar Media Group, which owns and operates dozens of local television stations across the country and purchased The Hill in the fall of 2021.

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