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Posted: 2023-11-17T17:18:36Z | Updated: 2023-11-17T17:18:36Z

The Republican chairman of the House Ethics Committee on Friday filed a resolution to expel Rep. George Santos (R-N.Y.) from Congress, calling it the most appropriate punishment after the panel found that he illegally spent thousands of dollars in campaign funds on luxury treats for himself.

The evidence uncovered in the Ethics Committees Investigative Subcommittee investigation is more than sufficient to warrant punishment and the most appropriate punishment is expulsion, Rep. Michael Guest (R-Miss.) said in a statement. So, separate from the Committee process and my role as Chairman, I have filed an expulsion resolution.

Guests action comes a day after the ethics committee issued a brutal eight-page report laying out how Santos used campaign dollars for personal services and products like Botox treatments, Herms designer products and access to a site primarily used by sex workers called OnlyFans. The report also revealed that the New York congressman reported fake loans to his political committees to spur donors to give him more money and then diverted that additional money to himself.

Representative Santos sought to fraudulently exploit every aspect of his House candidacy for his own personal financial profit, reads the report. He blatantly stole from his campaign.

The GOP congressman is already under a 23-count federal indictment for conspiracy, wire fraud and other alleged crimes.

Santos dismissed the committees investigation on Thursday, tweeting that it was not part of due process and called it a dirty biased act and one that tramples all over my rights.

But he also announced that he wont run for reelection in 2024, and its certainly possible that he resigns before then. In the same tweet condemning the committee, he weirdly announced that he plans to hold a press conference on Nov. 30 and gave no reason.

Press conference November 30th at 8am on The Capitol steps, I encourage ALL members of the press to attend, Santos tweeted.