{"id":12408,"date":"2023-12-03T02:01:56","date_gmt":"2023-12-03T02:01:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/shareperformanceinsight.com\/index.php\/2023\/12\/03\/santos-vows-to-file-ethics-complaints-against-multiple-lawmakers-hours-after-expulsion-from-house\/"},"modified":"2023-12-03T02:01:56","modified_gmt":"2023-12-03T02:01:56","slug":"santos-vows-to-file-ethics-complaints-against-multiple-lawmakers-hours-after-expulsion-from-house","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/shareperformanceinsight.com\/index.php\/2023\/12\/03\/santos-vows-to-file-ethics-complaints-against-multiple-lawmakers-hours-after-expulsion-from-house\/","title":{"rendered":"Santos vows to file ethics complaints against multiple lawmakers hours after expulsion from House"},"content":{"rendered":"

Former New York Republican Rep. George Santos vowed to file a handful of ethics complaints next week against several of his former colleagues just hours after he was expelled from Congress in a vote by the House of Representatives.<\/p>\n

In a series of social media posts Friday night, Santos said he would be filing ethics complaints Monday against four different members of the House \u2014 Nicole Malliotakis, R-N.Y., Mike Lawler, R-N.Y., Nick LaLota R-N.Y., and Rob Menendez, D-N.J. \u2014 over alleged campaign finance violations and stock trading habits, among other alleged ethics violations.<\/p>\n

Santos, expelled Friday by his House colleagues in a 311-114 vote, has not been convicted of a crime, but he has been indicted on 23 counts related to wire fraud, identity theft, falsification of records, credit card fraud and other charges.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Santos has been accused of using campaign funds on a number of luxury goods and treatments such as botox. He has pleaded not guilty.<\/p>\n

As for the complaint against Malliotakis, Santos said it will prioritize \u2018her questionable stock trading since joining the Ways and Means committee this Congress.\u2019<\/p>\n

\u2018Let\u2019s talk about hypocrisy. Can someone ask Nicole MalioStockTips when did she become a savant in stock trading?\u2019 Santos wondered in a post to X.<\/p>\n

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\u2018The signature bank trades she did REEKS of insider trading much like Paul Pelosi\u2019s every trade!\u2019 he added, referring to the husband of Rep. Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif.<\/p>\n

\u2018Before joining the committee the congresswoman didn\u2019t have an active trading habit or a high volume stake,\u2019 Santos continued in remarks about Malliotakis. \u2018The question is, what set of information is she trading with?\u2019<\/p>\n

The complaint against Lawler, according to Santos, deals with the congressman \u2018engaging in laundering money\u2019 by funneling campaign funds through a company he owns stake in.<\/p>\n

\u2018The concerning questions are; is Mr Lawler engaging in laundering money from his campaign to his firm then into his own pocket?\u2019 Santos wrote in one post. \u2018I will let the Office of Congressional Ethics be the judge of that.\u2019<\/p>\n

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As for LaLota, Santos questioned whether the Empire State lawmaker was a \u2018no-show\u2019 at his local board of elections position during his tenure in law school.<\/p>\n

\u2018Did Rep Lalota no-show to his tax pay funded job while going to school and if so he can potential have stolen public funds form the tax payers of NY,\u2019 Santos wrote in another post. \u2018I will let the Office of Congressional Ethics determine the validity of this grave allegation raised in his local media.\u2019<\/p>\n

Will Kiley, a LoLota spokesperson, told The Hill that Santos \u2018is just mad the congressman has three actual degrees, while he lied about one.\u2019<\/p>\n

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Santos also called into question Rob Menendez\u2019s relationship with his father, Sen. Bob Menendez, D-N.J., who has been federally charged for allegedly participating in a bribery scheme. Santos specifically raised concerns over what Menendez may have known about his father\u2019s crimes, asking \u2018what did he know and when did he know it.\u2019<\/p>\n

\u2018I think it\u2019s a fair point to make sure we weed out the doubt surrounding Rep Menendez and his business associations with his father,\u2019 Santos added.<\/p>\n

In a statement to The Hill, Menendez spokesman\u00a0Michael Zhadanovsky dismissed Santos\u2019 threat.<\/p>\n

\u2018George Santos is neither Rep. Menendez\u2019s colleague nor a constituent, so we will not expend any energy responding to his Botox-fueled fits of rage,\u2019 said Zhadanovsky.<\/p>\n

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Aside from those he\u2019s seeking to file ethics complaints against, Santos also signaled he\u2019s looking forward to seeing \u2018who will be the Republican that will have the testicular fortitude to pick up my privileged motion to expel Bowman and reintroduce it!\u2019<\/p>\n

Fox News did not receive an immediate response from the four lawmakers\u2019 offices about Santos\u2019 comments.<\/p>\n

The House\u2019s vote against Santos made him the first House lawmaker to be expelled in more than 20 years. Expelling a member of Congress takes a two-thirds majority vote. The last time a House lawmaker was expelled was more than two decades ago, when late former Rep. Jim Traficant, D-Ohio, was voted out of Congress in 2002.<\/p>\n

Santos said he expected to be expelled from Congress during a Friday morning interview on \u2018FOX & Friends.\u2019<\/p>\n

Fox News\u2019 Elizabeth Elkind contributed to this report.<\/p>\n\n

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