.SpeakerMcCarthy said he’d move to refer the expulsion of Rep George Santos to the House Ethics Committee when it comes up for a vote later this week, indicating such a move would be faster than waiting for court proceedings to conclude.
Rep. Robert Garcia introduced a privileged resolution to expel the freshman lawmaker on Tuesday afternoon, triggering a procedural vote that would require lawmakers to take some sort of action on the proposal in the next two days. McCarthy declined to say whether he’d support such a move, noting he would like to refer the matter to the Ethics Committee before bringing the expulsion resolution to the floor for a vote.
The move to expel Santos comes after the New York Republican was indicted by the Justice Department last week on 13 counts of wire fraud, money laundering, theft of public funds, and lying to Congress. Santos has pleaded not guilty to the charges and has denounced the allegations as being politically motivated.
“He's gotten indicted, but he still has the process,” McCarthy said. “I don't want to wait around for the courts to act. What I would like to do is have the House take action and have a process here.”
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