CBS News reports:
The committee said in a statement announcing the release of its findings that the investigative subcommittee tasked with examining allegations of misconduct of Santos “unanimously concluded that there was substantial evidence” that he knowingly caused his campaign committee to file false or incomplete reports with the Federal Election Commission, used campaign funds for personal purposes, engaged in fraudulent content and engaged in “knowing and willful” violations of federal ethics law.
The full ethics panel unanimously voted to refer the evidence of Santos’ alleged violations to the Justice Department, it said. “Representative Santos sought to fraudulently exploit every aspect of his House candidacy for his own personal financial profit,” the subcommittee said in its report to the full House Ethics Committee. The scathing report could give momentum to another effort to remove him from Congress and possibly change the minds of those who have been hesitant to support his expulsion.
Politico reports:
The explosive report released Thursday by the House Ethics Committee found that Santos spent campaign funds on Botox treatments and lavish Atlantic City trips with his husband. It also details the New York Republican’s efforts to obscure his money trail, as he sought to build a “fictional” financial narrative on official records, according to the 55-page report.
The explosive report released Thursday by the House Ethics Committee found that Santos spent campaign funds on Botox treatments and lavish Atlantic City trips with his husband. It also details the New York Republican’s efforts to obscure his money trail, as he sought to build a “fictional” financial narrative on official records, according to the 55-page report.
“At nearly every opportunity, he placed his desire for private gain above his duty to uphold the Constitution, federal law, and ethical principles,” the report reads. “Santos sought to fraudulently exploit every aspect of his House candidacy for his own personal financial profit.”
Santos spent campaign funds on OnlyFans and “Botox,” among other purchases, according to the report. https://t.co/eiRO41GQON
— Ben Siegel (@bensiegel) November 16, 2023
New: @RepRobertGarcia will introduce a new resolution to expel Santos from Congress after the Ethics Committee’s report.
“The Committee’s condemning report has made it crystal clear that the GOP’s decision to wait 9 months to act was not only irresponsible, but dangerous.”
— Ben Siegel (@bensiegel) November 16, 2023
Santos’ House Ethics report details campaign funds spent on
– Botox
-lavish Atlantic City trips
– Only Fans
– designer goodsLots more juicy details from the report in this story w/ @sarahnferris & @Olivia_Beavers https://t.co/5YqoLEB9S7
— K Tully-McManus (@ktullymcmanus) November 16, 2023
