House Republicans avoided a vote Wednesday on whether to expel Santos from Congress, voting unanimously instead to refer an expulsion resolution to the House Ethics Committee. That’s the same committee the resolution was initially sent to in February without seeing any action since. Santos voted in favor of the referral. Rep. Robert Garcia (D-Calif.) led the charge to have an expulsion vote, authoring the resolution and warning Republicans they would be supporting Santos if they voted for the referral. After the defeat of the expulsion vote, Garcia said he would continue to pursue Santos, tweeting, “We will continue to hold him and those who protect him accountable for his fraud and lies.”

Source: Huffington Post May 18, 2023 11:04 UTC