The Nassau County Republican Party is calling on embattled Long Island Congressman George Santos to resign, marking the most significant move from members within his own party to call for the lawmaker to give up his seat.
complaint from sitting members for "failing to file timely, accurate, and complete financial disclosure reports."
"He has been put on notice that he’s the target of an Ethics complaint on the part of two of his colleagues. The million dollar question is where did all of the money come from?"Crusaders against corruption and criminality are going after Santos saying the 34-year-old who admitted to lying about much of his background is a fraud who can’t be trusted.The Campaign Legal Center also filed a complaint with the Federal Election Commission on Monday.
"We raised the claim that in fact some outside source - that could be from some individual, corporation or foreign national gave him the money illegally to run for congress," said Saurav Ghosh who is the Director of Federal Campaign Finance Reform at Campaign Legal Center. House Majority Leader Steve Scalise weighed in on concerns surrounding Santos saying his past will be discussed with him directly. "We’re going to have to sit down and talk to him about. That’s something we’re going to deal with just like other things we have to deal with."Meanwhile, Santos continued to dodge reporters in Washington. And locally, the door at his district office in Douglaston remained closed.
For his part Santos’ attorney says he’s not commenting on recent complaints filed, citing ongoing investigations.
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