Whatever happens, it’ll be embarrassing.
scandal.) It’s a power granted to the House in the Constitution, and it’s supposed to be used for any sitting member who engages in “disorderly behavior,” including being disloyal to the country, and requires a two-thirds vote by the full House. Republican leadership’s interest in protecting their slim majority aside, Dent told me he doesn’t think Santos will face expulsion, since historically, it’s been reserved for those members found to have violated criminal law.
Dent explained that while he served in Congress, from 2005 to 2018, if a member was facing a potential ethics investigation over allegations as serious as Santos is, they simply resigned. “It usually shouldn’t be so hard for a speaker to get somebody to resign if he’s done something terrible, like Santos. But if the member is not capable of feeling shame, well, guess what? It’s going to be hard to get rid of them.
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