Washington — The Home will strive once more this week to expel embattled GOP Rep. George Santos after Democratic Rep. Robert Garcia moved Tuesday to pressure a vote on ousting him this week.

The California lawmaker launched a “privileged” decision to expel the New York Republican after a damning report from the House Ethics Committee earlier this month stated there was “substantial proof” that Santos repeatedly broke the legislation. Introducing it as privileged means the Home is required to vote on it inside two days.

The report alleged Santos stole cash from his congressional marketing campaign to pay for his private bills, reported faux loans, deceived donors and engaged in fraudulent enterprise dealings. Noting the depth of his elaborations about his schooling, profession and household, investigators stated Santos’ marketing campaign employees inspired him to hunt remedy for his fixed mendacity. 

“In the event that they need to ship me house, in the event that they suppose this was a good course of, in the event that they suppose that is the way it ought to be executed and in the event that they’re confidant that this can be a constitutional approach of doing it, God bless their hearts,” Santos advised reporters Tuesday. 

Santos, who has criticized the report’s findings as “slanderous,” stated final Friday that he expects to be expelled from Congress. 

“I’ve executed the mathematics time and again, and it doesn’t look actually good,” he stated throughout an audio broadcast on X. 

The Structure requires two-thirds majority of Home lawmakers to oust a member. 

Santos can also be dealing with 23 federal fees, to which he has pleaded not responsible. In Could, a 13-count indictment alleged Santos participated in a fraudulent political contribution scheme, fraudulently collected unemployment advantages and filed false monetary disclosures with the Home. A superseding indictment in October added 10 more charges, alleging he used donors’ bank cards with out authorization and falsified his marketing campaign finance stories. 

Santos has already survived two attempts to take away him this 12 months, with the latest falling far wanting the two-thirds majority wanted. The trouble was led by a gaggle of New York Republicans after extra fees have been introduced towards Santos in October. The first effort to expel him in Could, led by Democrats, was blocked by Republicans and referred to the Ethics Committee for additional investigation. 

However the launch of the Ethics Committee report gave momentum to a 3rd try, with lawmakers who beforehand voted towards expelling Santos asserting they’d now help it. 

Earlier than the Thanksgiving break, Rep. Michael Visitor, the chairman of the Ethics Committee, introduced a resolution to expel Santos, however didn’t convey it up as privileged.

The freshman lawmaker has been defiant in rejecting his colleagues’ repeated requires him to resign. Santos has stated resigning would imply he’s admitting to the allegations within the Ethics Committee’s report. 

“I resign, I admit every thing that’s in that report, which most of it’s a number of the craziest s**t I’ve ever learn in my life,” he stated Friday.