IV 

118TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. RES. 773 

Providing for the expulsion of Representative George Santos from the House 

of Representatives. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

OCTOBER 11, 2023 

Mr. D’ESPOSITO (for himself, Mr. MOLINARO, Mr. LALOTA, Mr. WILLIAMS

of New York, and Mr. LAWLER) submitted the following resolution 

OCTOBER 25, 2023 

Referred to the Committee on Ethics 

RESOLUTION 

Providing for the expulsion of Representative George Santos 

from the House of Representatives. 

Whereas George Anthony Devolder Santos, known as George 

Santos, was elected to represent New York’s 3d Congressional District in the House of Representatives on November 8, 2022; 

Whereas after election day, it was revealed George Santos 

lied about a significant portion of his background, including his education and previous employment; 

Whereas George Santos has a long history of misrepresenting 

his and his family’s connections to major events, including the Holocaust, the September 11th terrorist attacks, 

and the Pulse nightclub shooting; 


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Whereas, on May 9, 2023, George Santos was indicted on 13 

counts of wire fraud, money laundering, stealing public 

funds, and lying on Federal financial disclosure forms to 

the House of Representatives; 

Whereas a Federal grand jury indicted an aide to George 

Santos’ campaign on charges of wire fraud and identity 

theft for defrauding potential donors by impersonating 

Speaker Kevin McCarthy’s former Chief of Staff; 

Whereas, on October 5, 2023, George Santos’ former campaign treasurer pled guilty to falsifying campaign finance 

reports, including lying about a $500,000 loan that 

George Santos claimed to have donated to the campaign 

himself; 

Whereas, on October 10, 2023, George Santos was federally 

charged with an additional 10 criminal counts; 

Whereas the additional charges were serious in nature, including conspiracy to commit offenses against the United 

States, wire fraud, aggravated identity theft, access device fraud, false statements to the Federal Election Commission, and falsifying records to obstruct the commission; 

Whereas the indictment outlined a vast amount of evidence 

against Santos, including conversations he held with his 

former campaign treasurer outlining plans to commit the 

fraud he is charged with; 

Whereas these charges indicate that George Santos engaged 

in serious financial fraud throughout his 2022 campaign 

for the House of Representatives; 

Whereas George Santos stole over $44,000 from donors by 

charging their credit cards without authorization; 


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Whereas George Santos directly profited from his fraudulent 

actions, including transferring money to his own bank account to buy luxury items and pay off personal debts; 

Whereas George Santos engaged in election fraud throughout 

his 2022 campaign by deceiving voters regarding his biography, defrauding donors, and engaging in other illegal 

campaign behavior; and 

Whereas, as a result of these actions, George Santos is not 

fit to serve his constituents as a United States Representative: Now, therefore, be it 

1 Resolved, That, pursuant to article I, section 5, clause 

2 2 of the Constitution of the United States, Representative 

3 George Santos, be, and he hereby is, expelled from the 

4 House of Representatives. 

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