Santos had already put his winter jacket on, left the chamber and sped through the speaker’s lobby before the vote total was announced.
Santos, R-N.Y., had survived two previous attempts to expel him this year — one in May and the other a month ago.
“A new precedent had to be set because someone lied and frauded their way to the House of Representatives — it should have never happened.”.
A supermajority vote, or two-thirds of the full House, was needed to expel Santos; the final tally Friday was well above that high threshold.
“The chair announces to the House that, in light of the expulsion of the gentleman from New York, Mr. Santos, the whole number of the House is now 434,” Johnson said.
But after the vote, Guest, the Ethics chairman, said that the evidence against Santos was “overwhelming” and that the House had reached the right decision.
“I have no ill will toward members who voted not to expel Mr. Santos. »
