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The House has finally expelled Rep. George Santos (R-NY) from Congress after two previous attempts failed, amid a laundry list of allegations against him, including campaign finance abuses.

"Congressman" George Santos

The ouster follows a November report by the House Ethics Committee, which concluded that the New York congressman "sought to fraudulently exploit every aspect of his House candidacy for his own personal financial profit."

Santos, who did not engage in a years-long influence peddling scheme with America's adversaries – only to gain the full protection of uniparty loyalists while walking America into two new proxy wars (Having "Biden" for a last name might have helped), announced that he would not seek reelection following the release of the ethics report.

He has separately pleaded not guilty to 23  federal charges, including allegations of COVID-19 unemployment benefits fraud, misusing campaign funds, and lying about his personal finances on House disclosure reports.

Prior to the vote, Rep. Tim Burchett said he would vote against expulsion, telling CNN: "We're a bunch of sinners."

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