UPDATE: Following the release earlier this morning (Thursday, Nov. 16) of the House Ethics Committee’s report concluding that there is “substantial evidence” that he violated federal criminal laws, New York gay Republican George Santos has announced that he will not run for re-election.
Santos write on X, that the committee’s investigation was “a disgusting politicized smear that shows the depths of how low our federal government has sunk.
Everyone who participated in this grave miscarriage of Justice should all be ashamed of themselves. I’ve come to expect vitriol like this from political opposition but not from the hallowed halls of public service.” He said he wasn’t running for re-election to save his family from being “under the gun from the press all the time.” ORIGINAL POST: The House Ethics Committee today (Thursday, Nov.
16) released its report concluding there is “substantial evidence” that gay Republican Rep. George Santos has “violated federal criminal laws,” including using campaign funds for personal purposes and filing false campaign reports.