The curtain could fall as soon as this week on the congressional career of freshman Rep. George Santos, whose defiance in the face of overwhelming accounts of brazen lying has made him one of the most notorious lawmakers this year.
News outlets uncovered the first lies tied to his campaign soon after his election. Federal prosecutors charged him on 23 felony counts related to that campaign. And the House Ethics Committee released a highly critical report on Nov. 16 that detailed how even his own staff thought he needed to seek treatment for his constant lying.
Santos, whose staple Capitol Hill dress in a sweater underneath a suit jacket was part of a “Saturday Night Live” send-up, has twice survived House pushes to boot him from office. But at least one effort to expel him from Congress is on tap this week in the wake of the ethics panel report.
