I was wrong…
Yesterday I said here that Republicans where NOT pushing for US House Rep. George Santos to quit….
THAT is NOT the situation….
New York Republicans want him gone with the report on new charges against him….
New York House Republicans reiterated their calls for Rep. George Santos (R-N.Y.) to resign following a revised federal criminal indictment on Tuesday evening that includes even more allegations against the freshman lawmaker. And some of Santos’ colleagues are also considering demanding the New York Republican be expelled from Congress.
“He’s a terrible human being,” Rep. Nick LaLota (R-N.Y.) said of Santos. “He does not deserve to be in the House of Representatives. He deserves to be in a federal prison. And I think the issue of expulsion is going to be something that a lot of my colleagues are going to talk about.”
New York GOP Reps. Marc Molinaro, Mike Lawler and Anthony D’Esposito also told reporters they’re still calling on Santos to resign.
Prosecutors in New York unsealed a new, 23-count superseding indictment against Santos on Tuesday. The indictment alleges Santos stole the identities of his campaign donors and charged thousands of dollars to their credit cards.
Leaving the closed-door House GOP speaker forum Tuesday evening, Santos told reporters he had no comment on the indictment and hadn’t checked his phone to receive an update.
Of course, many of Santos’ GOP colleagues had first called on the freshman to resign earlier this year when Santos was initially indicted on fraud charges.
But those Republicans didn’t back a resolution by House Democrats seeking to expel Santos in May. Instead, Republicans voted to refer the resolution to the House Ethics Committee…..
Santos response…..
A defiant Rep. George Santos (R-N.Y.) is brushing off the latest set of criminal charges filed against him, claiming his innocence in the wake of a superseding indictment and emphasizing that he has no plans of resigning despite heightened pressure to step down.
“I will fight this to prove my innocence,” Santos told reporters in a 25-minute interview in his Capitol office. “So yeah, I’m pretty much denying every last bit of charges.”
Santos’s denial — and defense — came one day after prosecutors in New York charged Santos with 10 new criminal counts, bringing the total number of charges against him to 23. He is due to appear in court on Oct. 27.
The congressman on Wednesday said he will not take a plea deal and has not engaged in discussions about that prospect….
6 GOP Lawmakers Seek to Expel George Santos
“A group of six New York Republican lawmakers said Wednesday that they will ask the House to expel scandal-plagued Rep. George Santos (R-NY), a day after an indictment was unsealed showing Santos is facing additional federal charges for allegedly stealing the identities of family members and using donors’ credit cards to spend thousands of dollars,” the Washington Post reports.