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The 35-year-old New York lawmaker has pleaded not guilty to charges accusing him of crimes including laundering funds to pay for his personal expenses, illegally receiving unemployment benefits and charging donors' credit cards without their consent.

The former treasurer for Santos' campaign pleaded guilty on Oct. 5 to a conspiracy charge for inflating fundraising numbers.

"I must warn my colleagues that voting for expulsion at this point would circumvent the judicial system's right to due process that I'm entitled to and desanctify the long-held premise that one is presumed innocent until proven guilty," Santos said ahead of the vote.

Expulsion of a lawmaker requires a vote by two-thirds of the chamber. Only five people have been expelled from the House in the country's history, three for fighting against the U.S. government in the Civil War.

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[–] fosiacat@lemmy.world 68 points 1 year ago (5 children)

he’s literally a con man, how is he still in office

[–] instamat@lemmy.world 55 points 1 year ago

He’s in a conman club and they look out for each other? Idk, I’m just trying to make it make sense.

[–] Tar_alcaran@sh.itjust.works 32 points 1 year ago

Republican.

[–] SpaceNoodle@lemmy.world 9 points 1 year ago

Conservatives love con men. Were you in a coma since 2015?

[–] ghostdoggtv@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago

It's literally called con-gress

[–] jordanlund@lemmy.world 56 points 1 year ago (2 children)

This is why I keep telling people we can't pass an Amendment to do things like change gun control.

It starts with a 2/3rds majority in the House, 290 votes.

We couldn't get 290 votes to agree on Santos' obvious crimimal behavior, we'll NEVER get it on something like the 2nd Amendment, or Supreme Court term limits, or anything else remotely useful.

[–] ApeNo1@lemm.ee 14 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Who can talk the most lies (who can talk the most lies)

Pretend they are a Jew (pretend they are a Jew)

Cover up with sequins for a contest or two

The Republican can (the Republican can)

Oh, the Republican can (the Republican can)

The Republican can 'cause he mixes it with lies

And makes his world a falsehood (makes his world a falsehood)

[–] creamed_eels@toast.ooo 6 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

The republican fakes;

obfuscates, opaque,

always lying and pernicious

Every statement is fictitious, you could even say malicious

[–] gazby@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

Had to sing it in my head 😂💙

[–] BeautifulMind@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago

And just like that, a vote that should have been the simplest, most-straightforward choice with one outcome obviously preferable to its alternative, proved to be too much to ask