House Democrats File Ethics Complaint Against Rep. George Santos of New York

• Two Democratic congressmen from New York filed a complaint with the House Ethics Committee against Rep. George Santos, a freshman Republican from New York.
• Santos was recently caught lying and embellishing the details of his resume.
• Democratic Representatives Richie Torres and Dan Goldman, in a six-page letter, called on the panel to investigate Santos for possible violations of the federal Government Ethics Act “by failing to provide timely, accurate, and complete financial disclosure reports as required by the law. “

Two Democratic congressmen from New York filed a lawsuit Complaint by the House Ethics Committee tuesday against rep. George Santosa Republican freshman from New York who recently lied and embellished the details of his resume.

Representatives Richie Torres and Dan Goldman, in a six-page letter, called for the commission to investigate Santos for possible violations of the federal Government Ethics Act “by failing to provide timely, accurate, and complete financial disclosure reports as required by law.”

The letter, which lawmakers personally delivered to Santos’ office on Capitol Hill, called the financial disclosure reports filed for his 2020 and 2022 campaigns “sparse and bewildering.”

“It is clear, at the very least, that he failed to provide timely disclosure reports on his latest campaign,” Torres and Goldman wrote.

“Moreover, his own public statements contradict some of the information included in the 2022 financial disclosures and confirm that the 2022 financial disclosures do not disclose other required information,” the letter said.

The complaint to a committee of members of Congress was filed the day after Campania Legal Centera non-partisan watchdog group, filed a complaint against Santos with the Federal Election Commission for allegedly violating numerous campaign finance laws.

On Tuesday, a letter from two Democratic lawmakers noted that media reports and “own confessions” by Santos in recent weeks showed that he “misled voters in his constituency about ethnicity, his religion, his education, his employment and professional activities, among other things. things.”

District Attorney’s Office of Nassau County, Long Island, Santos investigation in connection with these false statements.

In a tweet regarding the complaint, Torres wrote, “Santos must be held accountable for defrauding both Congress and the public.”

Goldman told reporters, “We hope the House Ethics Committee will do a serious investigation.”

A spokesperson for Santos, which represents an area covering parts of Queens and Long Island, New York, did not respond to a request for comment.

The Hill reported that in response to the complaint, Santos said, “They are free to do whatever they want.”

“I didn’t do anything unethical,” Santos said, according to The Hill.

On Monday, after the Republican-controlled House of Representatives passed new rules that would undermine the authority of the Office of Congressional Ethics to investigate lawmakers, Santos told an insider outlet, “I think that’s fantastic.”

The OCE, which is an independent, impartial body established by the House of Representatives, is distinct from the House Ethics Committee.

Citizens United and another advocacy group, American Bridge 21st Century, recently filed complaints against Santos with the Congressional Ethics Office.