(Bloomberg) -- Indicted New York Representative faces a vote next week by fellow lawmakers on expelling him from the US House.
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New York Republican Anthony D’Esposito on Thursday made a formal demand to vote on the expulsion, requiring Speaker Mike Johnson to call a vote within two legislative days. The House is leaving Thursday for a long weekend and is set to return to work on Wednesday.
How to deal with the Republican’s extravagant false claims and criminal indictment for campaign finance violations is one of the first issues confronting Johnson after an unprecedented three-week stretch in which the House was leaderless and couldn’t conduct business.
During that time, US prosecutors brought new charges against the 35-year-old Long Island congressman, accusing him of making false statements to the Federal Election Commission and running up unauthorized expenses on the credit cards of campaign contributors. He will be arraigned on those charges Friday on Long Island.
“Anybody who’s been awake and reading the newspaper and looking at Twitter understands” why Santos should be expelled, D’Esposito said.
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