(Bloomberg) -- The House Ethics Committee handed Speaker Mike Johnson a possible way out of a difficult vote Wednesday to expel embattled Republican from Congress.
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The panel announced Tuesday it will disclose “its next course of action” by Nov. 17 related to allegations of Santos’ misconduct, a plan that could buy the newly elected speaker some time and forestall the expulsion vote.
Santos, 35, last week pleaded not guilty to the latest charges filed against him by federal prosecutors. He has denied wrongdoing since he was first indicted in May on campaign finance violations. He appeared in federal court on Long Island last Friday to answer to 10 additional charges that accused him of making false statements to the Federal Election Commission and running up unauthorized expenses on his campaign contributors’ credit cards.
He also faces allegations of misconduct in the House, and the expulsion proceedings were initiated by several fellow New York Republicans.
There was no immediate comment from Johnson’s office on the Ethics Commitee’s announcement. But he has suggested that he’d prefer delaying any expulsion vote. He expressed concern that the...
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