George Santos claims House expulsion would haunt lawmakers as Jamaal Bowman mocks antics US politics live

New York congressman rails against effort to oust him; Bowman says no one takes Santos seriously after threat of tit-for-tat expulsion resolution

In a fiery press conference this morning on Capitol Hill, Santos accused the House ethics report which detailed pervasive fraud as âslanderousâ and littered in hyperbole, littered in opinion.

If the House wants to start different precedent and expel me, that is going to be the undoing of a lot of members of this body because this will haunt them in the future where mere allegations are sufficient to have members removed from office when duly elected by their people.

He also launched a tirade against New York Democratic representative Jamaal Bowman who was charged last month with setting off a false fire alarm in a House office building ahead of a House vote on a government funding bill. Bowman pleaded guilty and agreed to pay a fine of $1,000.

âJamaal Bowman gets a pass. Thatâs why today at noon, Iâm going to be introducing a privilege motion for expulsion of convicted and guilty-pleaded congressman Jamaal Bowman¦ I think that thatâs consistency.

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