4Photo© hindustantimes.comRepublican lawmaker George Santos expelled from US House over corruption charges
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Indicted Republican George Santos' brief career in the US House of Representatives came to an end on Friday, when fellow lawmakers voted to expel him over criminal corruption charges and accusations of misspending campaign money.
The House voted 311-114 to immediately remove the controversial freshman lawmaker, above the two-thirds majority required to oust one of its own.
Besieged by revelations of lies about his past, a federal criminal indictment and a congressional ethics probe, Santos, 35, became the sixth member to be expelled from the House. The New York congressman was the first to be kicked out without having fought for the Confederacy or being convicted of a crime.
“ Since the beginning of Congress, there's only two ways you get expelled: You get convicted of a crime, or you participated in the Civil War. Neither apply to George Santos,
Matt Gaetz,
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