The chairman of the House Ethics Committee, Rep. Michael Guest, says the report on its investigation into out Rep. George Santos (R-NY) won’t call for any specific punishment for the truth-challenged congressman. https://twitter.com/nytimes/status/1724905141902647566 From the New York Times:
Mr. Guest, a Republican of Mississippi, would not characterize the committee’s findings in its report, which is expected to be released as early as Thursday. But he said that the panel would refrain from making a recommendation as to Mr. Santos’s fate, saying that such a process would have carried out “well into next year.”
Nonetheless, Mr. Guest said that the report should offer members the information they need to make a decision on whether a penalty — be it expulsion or something less severe, like a censure — is appropriate.
The committee has spent nine months looking into a slew of alleged ethical and criminal violations, including (but not limited to) failing to properly file financial disclosures, conflict of interest laws, and fraudulently obtaining unemployment benefits. It’s not uncommon for such reports to include recommendations for punishment like censure or expulsion. Santos is also facing 23 federal criminal charges in addition to this House Ethics investigation. https://twitter.com/MeetThePress/status/1724915828561260925
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