George Santos Expelled by US House in Blow to Republican Majority

The US House expelled George Santos, ending a brief but sensational turn in national politics by a serial fabulist now under criminal indictment for fraud, theft and lying to the government.

The bipartisan 311-114 vote Friday to remove the New York Republican surpassed the two-thirds majority required by the Constitution to oust a member of Congress. It was the third try by critics to remove Santos, with many Republicans who had previously blocked his expulsion switching sides after an Ethics Committee investigation substantiated salacious new allegations of theft and deceit.

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