When is the vote to expel George Santos? Will the expulsion resolution succeed this time?
Congress will likely vote on expelling Representative George Santos on Nov. 30, 2023 following a damaging Ethics Committee report against him.
New York Representative George Santos survived a vote to remove him from the House early this month, but he may not do so again on Thursday.
Santos had been indicted in New York on charges of fraud, money laundering, theft of public funds, and making false statements to the House of Representatives.
Santos survives first expulsion vote
His fellow Republicans, eager to distance themselves from their notorious colleague, then filed a resolution to kick him out early this month. However, there were not enough votes to get him expelled as many Republicans and 31 Democrats chose not to punish him pending his criminal trial and a House Ethics Committee probe.
A couple of weeks later, the House Ethics Committee chair filed another resolution to hold a vote for Santos’ expulsion after the committee came out with a blistering report featuring details of wrongdoing, including the representative’s personal use of campaign funds.
Will the resolution to expel Santos succeed?
The committee report is likely to change the outcome of another vote to remove Santos. A two-thirds majority is needed to kick him out of office, and if all Democrats vote to do so, they just need some 80 Republican members of Congress to reach the needed numbers.
Twenty-four GOP members had already cast their vote to expel him, and according to Politico, at least 60 others have indicated they will now also cast their vote against him.
Santos: ’I will not be resigning’
After the committee’s findings were made public, Santos said he would not seek a second term, although he continues to refuse to step down from his post.
Despite his defiance, Santos is aware that his days as a representative of New York may be numbered.
This time the numbers don’t add up for Santos and his Republican colleagues are prepared to vote him out this time to keep the unwanted attention of of them and their party.
The Ethics Committee has handed over its findings to the Justice Department. The information gathered by the committee could affect the cases that have been filed against him in federal court.