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Botox, Hermès and OnlyFans: Why This May Be George Santos’s Last Week in Congress

Botox, Hermès and OnlyFans: Why This May Be George Santos’s Last Week in Congress

The Daily vor 2 Jahren

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Only five members of the U.S. House of Representatives have ever
been expelled from the institution. This week, Representative
George Santos, Republican of New York, could become the sixth.

In a damning ethics report, House investigators found that the
congressman spent tens of thousands of dollars in political
contributions on Botox, Ferragamo goods and vacations.

Grace Ashford, who covers New York State politics and government
for The Times, explains why, after a year in office, so many of
Mr. Santos’s colleagues have had enough.

Guest: Grace Ashford, a reporter on the Metro desk covering New
York State politics and government for The New York Times.

Background reading:

Representative George Santos faces a new expulsion push led
by his own party after a damning report.

House ethics investigators found that Mr. Santos used
campaign money on personal spending splurges in the Hamptons and
Atlantic City.

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