House Ethics Committee opens probe into Santos campaign

BY ROBERT PELAEZ

The House Ethics Committee launched a formal investigation into Republican Rep. George Santos last week and will scrutinize his most recent congressional campaign, ofcials announced.

The committee said in a statement they unanimously voted to establish a subcommittee tasked with investigating aspects of Santos’ most recent bid for the House. The committee will determine if the embattled representative failed to properly disclose information and statements to Congress, engaged in sexual misconduct with someone seeking employment in his D.C. ofce and violated potential federal confict of interest laws.

Santos’ ofcial congressional Twitter account said the newly elected representative “is fully cooperating” in the investigation, but the congressman would not comment on the matter. House Speaker

Kevin McCarthy last month anticipated the investigation would be launched into Santos and said he expected a myriad of questions surrounding him to be answered.

The ethics probe follows federal and local resolutions calling for Santos to be ousted from his position in Washington. Democratic U.S. Reps. Ritchie Torres, Dan Goldman, Robert Garcia, Becca Balint and Eric Sorensen submitted a resolution to expel Santos from serving in Congress last month.