Santos calls Ethics Committee report a ‘dirty biased act’ that ‘tramples over all of my rights’

Rep. George Santos (R-N.Y.) took to social media Thursday night after the Home Ethics Committee launched a scathing report about his potential federal crimes, calling politics and the report  “soiled.”

“What the ‘ethics committee’ did immediately was not a part of due course of, what they did was poison…the jury pool on my on going investigation with the DOJ,” Santos mentioned in a publish on X, the platform previously often known as Twitter. “This was a unclean biased act and one which tramples throughout my rights.”

The report, launched Thursday, referred its findings of “potential violations of federal felony regulation” to the Division of Justice and can increase questions on whether or not the Home will expel Santos.

The freshman New York congressman has been wrapped up in controversy since earlier than he formally grew to become a member of the Home and has admitted to fabricating features of his backstory and resume, The Hill beforehand reported.

Santos has known as the investigations his “12 months from Hell.”

“Operating for workplace was by no means a dream or purpose, however when the chance to take action got here I felt the time to serve my nation was now,” Santos’ publish mentioned.

The report said that Santos “can’t be trusted” and located that he “blatantly stole from his marketing campaign.” The committee discovered that Santos may have wrongfully used hundreds of {dollars} from his marketing campaign on holidays and beauty procedures.

The New York consultant is dealing with 23 federal felony counts on allegations that he misled donors, fraudulently obtained unemployment advantages, lied on Home monetary disclosures, inflated his marketing campaign finance stories and charged his donors’ bank cards with out authorization. He has already endured two expulsion efforts.

On-line, Santos mentioned he is aware of one factor. “Politics is certainly soiled, soiled from the very backside up.”

“Consultants, operatives, the opposition, the celebration and extra…the one factor I by no means knew was that the method in Congress was soiled,” his publish mentioned. “I’ll proceed to battle for what I imagine in and I’ll by no means again down.

Following the report’s launch, Santos mentioned he wouldn’t search reelection in 2024. He mentioned he’ll serve his constituents for so long as he’s allowed, signaling that he doesn’t plan to resign.

The congressman mentioned he might be internet hosting a press convention Friday morning on the Capitol and inspired members of the media to attend.