<p>Speaker <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/mike-johnson" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Mike Johnson</a> (R-LA) shared on Monday that he has been in contact with Rep. <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/george-santos" target="_blank" rel="noopener">George Santos</a> (R-NY) ahead of a possible expulsion vote following a scathing <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/u-s-house-of-representatives" target="_blank" rel="noopener">House</a> Ethics Committee report.</p>
<p>Speaking to reporters during a trip to Sarasota, Florida, Johnson noted that he had &#8220;spoken to Congressman Santos at some length over the holiday and talked to him about his options.&#8221;</p>
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<p lang="en" dir="ltr">VIDEO: Speaker Johnson tells reporters he spoke to Rep. George Santos &quot;at some length&quot; over the Thanksgiving holiday and &quot;talked to him about his options&quot;</p>
<p>Santos could become the first member of Congress expelled in over 2 decades. </p>
<p>Video via <a href="https://twitter.com/FBSaunders?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@FBSaunders</a> / <a href="https://twitter.com/scrippsnews?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@scrippsnews</a> Florida <a href="https://t.co/aKvgZPsdY2">pic.twitter.com/aKvgZPsdY2</a></p>
<p>&mdash; Nathaniel Reed (@ReedReports) <a href="https://twitter.com/ReedReports/status/1729213387475910687?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 27, 2023</a></p></blockquote>
<p>On the prospect of an expulsion vote this week, Johnson said <a href="https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/congress/rep-george-santos-face-expulsion-house-week-rcna126849" target="_blank" rel="noopener">&#8220;it remains to be seen,&#8221;</a> adding that lawmakers will be discussing the matter when they return from the Thanksgiving recess on Tuesday.</p>
<p>Voters elected Santos to his first term representing a Long Island district last year, helping Republicans win a narrow majority in the House. But controversy soon followed related to the congressman&#8217;s candor and finances, spurring multiple inquiries and growing pressure for him to leave office.</p>
<p>Santos has since been dealt 23 federal charges —  including aggravated identity theft, wire fraud, and conspiracy — to which he <a href="https://www.cnn.com/2023/10/27/politics/george-santos-plea/index.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">pleaded not guilty</a>. And then, earlier this month, the House Ethics Committee released a <a href="https://punchbowl.news/isc-santos-report/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">report</a> saying investigators found evidence of Santos violating House rules and criminal laws.</p>
<p>Though Santos criticized the congressional inquiry as a political &#8220;smear,&#8221; he announced soon after the House Ethics report&#8217;s release that he <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/george-santos-says-he-wont-seek-re-election-after-release-of-ethics-report" target="_blank" rel="noopener">would not seek re-election</a> while declaring, &#8220;I will continue on my mission to serve my constituents up until I am allowed.&#8221;</p>
<p>Santos survived <a href="https://rollcall.com/2023/11/01/rep-george-santos-easily-survives-second-attempt-to-expel-him-from-congress/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">multiple attempts</a> by colleagues to expel him from the House earlier this year, but that may change with House Ethics Chairman Michael Guest (R-MS) announcing another <a href="https://mississippitoday.org/2023/11/17/u-s-rep-michael-guest-introduces-measure-to-expel-new-york-congressman-santos-from-house/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">expulsion resolution</a> and <a href="https://thehill.com/homenews/house/4313613-growing-number-of-lawmakers-say-theyll-vote-to-expel-santos-after-ethics-report/#:~:text=House-,Growing%20number%20of%20lawmakers%20say%20they'll%20vote,expel%20Santos%20after%20Ethics%20report&amp;text=A%20growing%20number%20of%20lawmakers,scathing%20House%20Ethics%20Committee%20report." target="_blank" rel="noopener">growing number of lawmakers</a> saying they would vote for New York Republican&#8217;s ouster.</p>
<p>Expulsion from the House, which has only happened <a href="https://history.house.gov/Institution/Discipline/Expulsion-Censure-Reprimand/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">a handful of times throughout U.S. history</a>, requires a two-thirds majority vote to succeed.</p>
<p>During an hours-long X Spaces conversation on Friday night, Santos reportedly insisted that he would not resign, <a href="https://www.axios.com/2023/11/25/santos-lashes-out-expulsion-vote" target="_blank" rel="noopener">claiming</a>, &#8220;[I&#8217;d] admit [to] everything that&#8217;s on that report&#8221; by doing so. Yet Santos also <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2023/11/27/george-santos-expel-congress/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">predicted</a> that he will be expelled from the House if another expulsion resolution goes to the floor for a vote. &#8220;I’ve done the math over and over, and it doesn’t look really good,&#8221; he said.</p>

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