It`s official. Rep. George Santos, R-N.Y., is one step toward jogging for reelection. The scandal-plagued Santos filed office work Tuesday with the Federal Election Commission to run for reelection in New York’s third congressional district in 2024.
This comes after the FEC final month required Santos to choose on jogging for reelection through Mar. 14. The office work would not imply that Santos is routinely jogging for in 2024 however it does permit him to elevate money.
Santos has confronted grievance from each Republicans and Democrats over allegations he lied approximately his marketing campaign final year.
House ethics panel investigating Santos
Santos filed the office work even as withinside the midst of congressional investigations. Last month, the House Ethics Committee voted to analyze Santos over allegations approximately his 2022 midterm marketing campaign.
The panel will create a subcommittee of Republicans and Democrats searching into whether or not the New York congressman engaged in “illegal activity” final year. The contributors of the subcommittee are chairperson Rep. David Joyce, R-Ohio and Rep. Susan Wild, D-Pa., the pinnacle Democratic member.
Florida Republican Rep. John Rutherford and Maryland Democratic Rep. Glenn Ivey of Maryland are the 2 ultimate contributors.
What’s the modern on George Santos?
Santos has currently been accused through a former roommate of masterminding a 2017 credit score card skimming operation in Seattle. The allegations, first suggested through Politico, precise Santos’ roommate gaining knowledge of a way to clone ATM and credit score playing cards from the destiny congressman.
Since being sworn-in with the 118th Congress, Santos has confronted public strain and requires his resignation. He’s going through scrutiny for a couple of allegations: Santos lied approximately his resume and mother’s death, saved unscrupulous marketing campaign finance records, turned into worried with a fund that federal regulators referred to as a Ponzi scheme.
Brazilian regulation enforcement government also are searching into fraud charged towards Santos’ for allegedly the use of a stolen checkbook in 2008. Santos has resisted calls to renounce however did step down from his House committee seats on the give up of January.
