Santos still faces a criminal trial and a House Ethics Committee investigation. FOX 5 NY's Jodi Goldberg takes a look at what lies ahead.easily survived a vote Wednesday to expel him from the House as most Republicans and 31 Democrats opted to withhold punishment while both his criminal trial and a House Ethics Committee investigation proceed.
"It’s unacceptable for more than 700,000 people to go without meaningful representation in the House of Representatives for more than 10 months," said Kim Keiserman with the nonpartisan group Concerned Citizens for NY-03. Rep. George Santos walks back to his office after debate on the House floor on a resolution to expel him from Congress, at the U.S. Capitol November 1, 2023 in Washington, DC. On Wednesday evening, Congress is scheduled vote on an expulsion re, who has said Santos should get his day in court. Johnson, R-La., also recently told Fox News that if Congress is going to expel members because they are charged with a crime or accused of wrongdoing, "that's a problem.
A group of Republicans from New York is set to force a vote Wednesday on expelling indicted Rep. George Santos from the House of Representatives. The only Democratic lawmaker to speak during the debate was Rep. Dan Goldman. He said Santos should have been expelled in May when Democrats brought an expulsion resolution, and the only reason the New York Republicans were leading the effort now was because Santos "hangs like an albatross around the necks of every single Republican from New York."