Politics House Ethics Committee opens investigation into Rep. George Santos

[BumRushDaShow]

Source: CBS News

Washington — The House Ethics Committee has opened a formal investigation into embattled GOP Rep. George Santos of New York, the panel announced Thursday.

The committee's Republican and Democratic leaders, Rep. Michael Guest and Susan Wild, said in a statement that the panel unanimously voted to establish an investigative subcommittee, which is tasked with examining whether Santos engaged in misconduct.

The subcommittee "shall have jurisdiction to determine whether Representative George Santos may have: engaged in unlawful activity with respect to his 2022 congressional campaign; failed to properly disclose required information on statements filed with the House; violated federal conflict of interest laws in connection with his role in a firm providing fiduciary services; and/or engaged in sexual misconduct towards an individual seeking employment in his congressional office," the statement said.

Rep. David Joyce, a Republican from Ohio, will chair the investigative subcommittee and Wild will serve as the ranking member. Reps. John Rutherford, a Florida Republican, and Glenn Ivey, a Maryland Democrat, will also sit on the panel.

Read more: https://www.cbsnews.com/news/george-santos-house-ethics-committee-investigation/

[Mz Pip]

1. Ethics committee?

Glad to hear we still have one. I thought the Republicans were going to eliminate it.

The GQP silence on Santos must be causing some bad PR or they wouldn’t be doing it.

[patphil]

8. Lack of Ethics Committee.

They'll investigate, find that he has none, and give him a clean bill of health.

[orleans]

2. mmm... we'll see nt

[SheltieLover]

3. Ethics? Qpukes?

Oxymoronic...

[BumRushDaShow]

4. To the 3 posters above -

My thoughts exactly.

[LetMyPeopleVote]

5. This will be fun to watch

Link to tweet

[Cha]

6. Hmm.. My Hope is If

they find nothing wrong with ol Santos' "Ethics" that the Law Does!

TY.. All those repsbs Investigating George with the Razor thin majority?

You know Kev will stick his nose in it.. I'm guessing the public pressure must be hot to even attempt such a thing?

[jayschool2013]

7. Now do Luna and Ogles

And while you're at it, just go ahead and have some staffers check on the resumes of every single GOP House member. I'm guessing they average at least five exaggerations, embellishments, examples of hyperbole and extreme lies.

[thesquanderer]

11. but "exaggerations, embellishments, examples of hyperbole and extreme lies" are not...

...what they are investigating. I supposed because those things are not illegal. (Unless they can show a lie under oath, I guess.)

[Alexander Of Assyria]

9. If the learned committee does not recommend a vote on removal...fascism wins. Gonna be close.

[Hortensis]

10. I heard one prediction that they'll announce the investigation, then

go silent for months. Not on Ms. Ocasio-Cortez's of course.

Meanwhile, the party's hemorrhaging independent supporters, the less-crazies are helpless to stop the uber-crazies, who are considering renaming CPAC TPAC for tRump, and the less-crazy corrupt traitors are holing up with the big donor class all Republican voters love these days (not!) trying to figure out what to do.