Rep. Max Miller says George Santos stole thousands of dollars from him and his mother

Prior to the House of Representatives' vote to expel George Santos on Friday, a Northeast Ohio congressman claimed he had been defrauded by the New York Republican.

In a note to his fellow GOP members of Congress, Rep. Max Miller (R-OH-7) revealed that the Santos campaign had "charged my personal credit card - and the personal credit card of my Mother - for contribution amounts that had exceeded FEC limits."

Miller says neither he nor his mother had approved the charges or were aware of them.

Santos was expelled by the House on Friday by a vote of 311-114.

In an interview with CNN's Manu Raji after the vote, Miller said that "Mr. Santos took not only my credit card personally, but he took my mother's card personally and he swiped them both for an additional $5,000, marking it as an 'overdonation.'"

"We have spent tens of thousands of dollars in legal fees in the resulting follow up," Miller added in his note.

Santos' departure comes amid a scathing House Ethics Committee report that accused him of breaking federal law. A 56-page report by the committee detailed allegations of deceiving his donors, filing false campaign statements, and using campaign money to fund his lavish lifestyle. That included using funds for Botox injections.

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