New House speaker signals opposition to expelling George Santos
Newly elected House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) sat down Thursday with Fox News pundit Sean Hannity for his first one-on-one with a broadcast news outlet.
In a far ranging 40-plus interview, the speaker and Hannity broached a plethora of issues including the potential House vote to expel his fellow Republican, New York Congressman George Santos, next week.
Santos, who has been charged with a 23-count felony indictment by the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of New York, which alleges a bevy of financial crimes, was in federal court Friday and pled not guilty to additional charges in the indictment, including allegations of identity theft and transferring money to his personal bank account from a supporter’s credit card.
Johnson told Hannity that he had met with the authors of a House resolution to expel Santos. U.S. Rep. Anthony D’Esposito (R-N.Y.), backed by the entirety of the state’s freshman Republican House delegation, U.S.
