George Santos claims he will file ethics complaints against NY representatives who voted him out
Former Congressman George Santos is vowing to go after some of his former Republican colleagues who voted against him during Friday’s expulsion vote.
In posts on X, formerly known as Twitter, Santos claimed he will use the House Ethics Committee, the same mechanism that issued the scathing report leading to Friday’s vote, to file complaints against several New York lawmakers.
The social media posts started just before midnight on Friday, hours after Santos was expelled from Congress.
In the posts, Santos first questioned Rep. Nicole Malliotakis’ stock trading, seemingly implying she used inside information.
Monday I will be filling an official complaint with the Office of congressional Ethics against @NMalliotakis regarding her questionable stock trading since joining the Ways and Means committee this Congress.
Before joining the committee the congresswoman didn’t have an active…
— George Santos (@MrSantosNY) December 2, 2023
A second post claimed Santos will file an ethics complaint against Rep. Mike Lawler for “questionable campaign finance violations.”
On Monday I will be filling an Ethics complaint against @RepMikeLawler for questionable campaign finance violations.
Congressman Lawler owns portion of Checkmate Strategies and he uses the same firm that he is a beneficiary of to pay for services related to his campaign.
The…
— George Santos (@MrSantosNY) December 2, 2023
Santos also accused fellow freshman Long Island Rep. Nick LaLota of attending law school while he was supposed to be working at the Board of Elections.
On Monday the 3rd ethics report I’ll be submitting to the Office of Congressional Ethics is on @RepLaLota.
It has been raised in the local media that congressman Lalota obtained his JD attending Hofstra in day school while he was supposed to be working at the Board of elections…
— George Santos (@MrSantosNY) December 2, 2023
In the posts, Santos claimed he will be filing the ethics reports against his former colleagues on Monday.
In total, 311 House members vote in favor of the expulsion, including 105 Republicans.
A special election will be held to choose Santos’ successor. Gov. Kathy Hochul is required to call a special election within 10 days of the expulsion vote.
Both parties expect the election to be held sometime in February.
