George Santos threatens ex-colleagues with ethics complaints after expulsion

Having mentioned he would depart Congress “graciously” had been he expelled, disgraced former congressman George Santos seems out for revenge in opposition to these lawmakers who supported his expulsion in Friday’s landslide vote.

After his exit from the Capitol on Friday afternoon there was silence from the ex-Republican congressman.

That’s, till 11.35pm when he took to his private account on X and wrote of his intention to file ethics complaints in opposition to 4 of his former colleagues. The Unbiased has contacted their workplaces for remark.

First in his firing line was fellow New York Republican Rep Nicole Malliotakis.

Mr Santos made allegations of insider buying and selling in opposition to the Staten Island congresswoman whereas making insinuations about her private life. He added that he could be submitting an ethics criticism about her.

“Let’s discuss hypocrisy,” he wrote. “Can somebody ask Nicole MalioStockTips when did she develop into a savant in inventory buying and selling? The signature financial institution trades she did REEKS of insider buying and selling very like Paul Pelosi’s each commerce!

“Nicole is in it for herself! Simply take a look at her file and it speaks for itself. Nicole MalioStockTips is a unclean dishonorable swamp creature promoting the American individuals down a river for her personal profit.”

In an additional catty dig, he mentioned “@NMalliotakis the distinction between you and I is that I don’t reside in denial, I’m a PROUD GAY man and I’m not afraid to say it.”

In a separate tweet, he wrote: “Monday I will likely be submitting an official criticism with the Workplace of congressional Ethics in opposition to @NMalliotakis relating to her questionable inventory buying and selling since becoming a member of the Methods and Means committee this Congress.

“Earlier than becoming a member of the committee the congresswoman didn’t have an energetic buying and selling behavior or a excessive quantity stake. The query is, what set of knowledge is she buying and selling with?”

He wasn’t accomplished there. Three different tri-state space representatives are additionally in Mr Santos’s sights as his obvious revenge tour will get underway.

Subsequent up was Republican Congressman Mike Lawler of upstate New York. Mr Santos wrote that the ethics criticism in opposition to him involved “questionable marketing campaign finance violations”.

“Congressman Lawler owns [a] portion of Checkmate Methods and he makes use of the identical agency that he’s a beneficiary of to pay for companies associated to his marketing campaign,” Mr Santos wrote.

“The regarding questions are; is Mr Lawler participating in laundering cash [from] his marketing campaign to his agency then into his personal pocket? I’ll let the Workplace of Congressional Ethics be the decide of that.”

The third congressman Mr Santos named is Nick LaLota, a Republican representing Lengthy Island.

“It has been raised within the native media that congressman Lalota obtained his JD attending Hofstra in day faculty whereas he was alleged to be working on the Board of Elections on the similar time,” mentioned Mr Santos.

“The questionable actions are? Did Rep Lalota no-show to his tax pay funded job whereas going to high school and if that’s the case he can potential have stolen public funds type the tax payers of NY.”

He added: “I’ll let the Workplace of Congressional Ethics decide the validity of this grave allegation raised in his native media.”

Lastly, he turned his gaze on a Democrat, Congressman Robert Menendez, son of Senator Bob Menendez, presently underneath investigation relating to international donations to his marketing campaign.

“Whereas congressman Menedez has not been invoked by the diligent investigation of the DOJ into his father, there stays a query of what did he know and when did he understand it, the criticism is to hunt clarification from the freshman congressman on his involvement together with his fathers abroad dealing over time and any potential compensation he acquired,” he tweeted.

“I feel it’s a good level to verify we weed out the doubt surrounding Rep Menendez and his enterprise associations together with his father. I’ll go away it to the workplace of congressional ethics to research the fabric I’ll be submitting to them.”

When reached for remark, Michael Zhadanovsky, communications director for Mr Menendez, instructed The Unbiased: “George Santos is neither Rep Menendez’s colleague nor a constituent so we is not going to expend any vitality responding to his Botox-fueled matches of rage.”

Mr Santos additionally contemplated whether or not any of his former colleagues would have the “testicular fortitude” to push for an expulsion of New York Democrat Jamaal Bowman for pulling a fireplace alarm in a Home workplace constructing. A decision looking for his expulsion was Mr Santos’s closing act as a lawmaker.

“Let’s see who would be the Republican that may have the testicular fortitude to choose up my privileged movement to expel Bowman and reintroduce it!” he wrote.

Even earlier than his revenge tour started, Mr Santos was hitting out on-line at lawmakers who had mentioned they might vote to expel him — notably Republican Rep Brandon Williams of New York, who was caught on digicam threatening his former marketing campaign supervisor the night time earlier than the expulsion vote.

“Yup that is actual congressional habits!” tweeted Mr Santos. “He’s accomplished just like this to my employees inside an embassy occasion… I encourage the previous staffer to file a OCE criticism tomorrow morning.”

Earlier that day, Mr Williams mentioned of Mr Santos on CNN: “We don’t know who he’s in any respect. He’s a devoted, dedicated con man within the halls of Congress and has entry to authorities secrets and techniques, to numerous issues that could possibly be damaging to this nation. He has to go.”

Will probably be seen on Monday as as to whether Mr Santos goes forward together with his threats to file the complaints however his bio on X has been modified to the next: “My group service will likely be to wash up Congress of it’s corrupt frauds in a Bipartisan manner. My highway to redemption will likely be serving the American individuals!❤️🇺🇸”