After less than a year in office, New York Congressman George Santos (R) has been expelled.
The House of Representatives voted 311-114-2 to expel the Santos with 105 Republicans joining almost all Democrats.
Santos marks the sixth member of Congress to be expelled in its history.
The scandal-ridden lawmaker survived two earlier expulsion attempts, but an Ethics Committee report released last month prompted more lawmakers to join in ousting Santos.
The House Ethics report said there was clear evidence Santos committed serious crimes and said the New York Republican “blatantly stole from his campaign” and “deceived donors into providing what they thought were contributions to his campaign but were in fact payments for his personal benefit.”
Santos faces 23 federal counts related to campaign finance, wire fraud, and other allegations, to which he has pleaded not guilty.
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Perhaps we all deserve a second chance
but
it seemed that the crime deserved the time,
Wouldn’t it be wonderful if all our “Public Servants” turn from their sins and become honest.