‘Sleazebag’ Dad Caucus founder Rep. Jimmy Gomez admits to cheating on wife after Post exposé

WASHINGTON — Congressional Dads Caucus founder Rep. Jimmy Gomez (D-CA) finally fessed up Tuesday that he cheated on his wife, right after The NY Post dropped the April bombshell that he was caught playing tonsil hockey with a congressional aide outside a DC party. 

We don't know if he scored.

The Post’s report lit the fuse on a House Ethics Committee investigation that dug up all kinds of gross new details, absolutely torching Gomez’s painstakingly polished image as America’s most devoted family man.

“Years ago, I made personal mistakes outside my marriage that have caused real pain to my wife and family,” Gomez told CNN, describing the extramarital relations as “consensual.”

“I sincerely apologize to my wife, family, friends and the people that I have the privilege to serve,” said Gomez after he was caught, who in January 2023 wore his baby son in a sling around his neck during marathon votes for House speaker like the world’s most committed dad influencer.

“I sought professional assistance to help re-center and heal the relationships that mean everything to me, and move forward with the honesty, transparency, and respect that everyone deserves from the people they love. I continue to do this work.”

The Los Angeles Democrat was spotted making out with a much younger congressional aide for a different lawmaker outside the home of then-Rep. Eric Swalwell (D-CA), The Post revealed in April.

Gomez, who is married, was making out with the aide at Swalwell’s bash to celebrate the start of that year’s August recess. Attendees did not recall seeing his wife or 11-month-old son anywhere in the vicinity. Shocking.

Swalwell, the man known for "the fart heard round the world," resigned in disgrace following a series of sexual misconduct allegations against him earlier this year. Birds of a feather and all that.

“This guy [Gomez] is a sleaze-bag. He should resign and use his free time to trade war stories with Swalwell,” said one Democratic source familiar with the matter.

“Hopefully he doesn’t hook up with another chief of staff at Eric Swalwell’s house. One is too many.”

Gomez and the younger Hill staffer were seen kissing by a stunned group of Democratic congressional aides, two of whom recounted their surprise to The Post. A third source heard of Gomez’s alleged relationship with the woman from additional Democratic sources.

The Post did not initially publish the name of the woman involved.

Gomez, a close Swalwell friend, strongly denied The Post’s reporting in April and his confession did not specify particular wrongdoing. How convenient.

A spokesman did not immediately offer comment on whether he was confessing to the relationship reported by The Post — after his blanket denials.

Gomez, who represents a heavily Democratic district in Los Angeles, also gave no indication that he planned to resign. Of course he didn’t.

“Although my actions were consensual in nature and haven’t violated the law or House ethics rules, that doesn’t diminish the impact that these mistakes have made on those I care about the most,” Gomez said in his statement.

“I take full responsibility and have committed myself to working through the pain privately with my wife and family.”

Sure, Jimmy. Keep that Dads Caucus membership card warm.

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Guess who's running for re-election after resigning: un-freaking believable

What follows is stranger, and certainly funnier, than fiction.

Former Rep. Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick (D-FL), who resigned from Congress before she was officially kicked out, is doing something so shameless, so typical of D.C., and I hate to admit it, something quite funny: she is running for re-election to her old seat. 

It creates another headache for Democrats, as Sheila was engulfed in a scandal where she reportedly stole millions in relief aid from FEMA. It was a lengthy investigation by the House Ethics Committee, and it became clear she was done when the most vocal left-wingers on the Hill were calling for her removal (via NOTUS):

Rep. Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick, the embattled, now-former congresswoman who resigned from Congress this week ahead of potential expulsion, plans to defiantly run for reelection. Cherfilus-McCormick filed on April 17 to run again for her seat, and a campaign aide confirmed to NOTUS she is running — as a Democrat.

Cherfilus-McCormick stepped down from office Tuesday, a half hour before the House Ethics Committee was scheduled to recommend punishment on an array of charges. The panel had previously found her guilty of 25 ethics violations, including allegedly stealing $5 million dollars in federal disaster-aid funds used to bolster her 2021 campaign as well as campaign-finance violations.

The committee had been investigating Cherfilus-McCormick for two years, issuing 58 subpoenas, interviewing 28 witnesses and reviewing over 33,000 documents.

Cherfilus-McCormick also faces criminal charges regarding the federal relief funds she received during the COVID-19 pandemic. Earlier this month, a judge granted her a trial-date extension to February 2027.

In the meantime, she is running for the south Florida seat. 

Her resignation left the 20th Congressional District seat vacant and it is unclear when Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis plans to fill the vacancy. The Republican-led Legislature is also debating whether to redraw district maps in the state.

Look, only in the swamp does a politician get caught with her hand in the FEMA cookie jar for millions, get chased out by her own side, and immediately decide the voters deserve another shot at her. The Democrats must be thrilled to have this walking ethics indictment on the ballot again. Nothing says "we've learned our lesson" like running the same scandal-plagued candidate right back out there. South Florida is in for quite the show.

Who does she thinks she is anyway; a Somali businesswoman from Minnesota?

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Florida Democrat Rep. Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick resigns from Congress

Former Democrat Rep. Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick and her eyelashes 

Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick (D-FL) resigned from Congress today, Tuesday, April 21, 2026. The resignation went down just minutes before a scheduled House Ethics Committee hearing set to consider formal disciplinary action, which could have included expulsion recommendations.

The committee had previously found "clear and convincing evidence" of 25 out of 27 violations related to ethics rules and campaign finance laws, including allegations that she misused millions in federal COVID-era FEMA disaster relief funds (improperly sent to her family's health care company) to support her 2022 congressional campaign.
Cherfilus-McCormick said in her arrogant statement that the process was a "witch hunt" and unfair "political games," saying she chose to step away rather than continue. Her resignation is effective immediately.

"Rather than play these political games, I choose to step away so I can devote my time to fighting for my neighbors in Florida's 20th District," she wrote on social media Tuesday afternoon. "I hereby resign from the 119th Congress, effective immediately."

"This fight is far from over," Cherfilus-McCormick, who was indicted by a grand jury last year for allegedly stealing COVID-19 emergency funds, added in her statement.

She is facing 53 years in prison as part of a separate criminal indictment. The chances that her actually serving that sentence is as remote as JD Pritzker running a marathon.

Her abrupt announcement came after Rep. Greg Steube (R-FL) pledged to file a motion to expel her, teeing up a vote later this week. It takes two-thirds of the House to remove a lawmaker, but a growing number of Democrats have voiced support for the expulsion effort.

House Ethics Chairman Michael Guest (R-MS) announced the panel lost jurisdiction with Cherfilus-McCormick's eleventh-hour decision to quit Congress. The committee panel dropped a bombshell back in March, uncovering "clear and convincing evidence" that Florida Democrat Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick had misused federal disaster relief money, funneled improperly straight to her family’s healthcare company, along with a boatload of other misconduct that would make even the most jaded Capitol Hill veteran raise an eyebrow.

Cherfilus-McCormick, of course, has denied any wrongdoing from day one and repeatedly swatted away any chatter that she might actually resign if faced with the real possibility of an expulsion vote.

She took to social media to blast the entire ethics investigation as a "witch hunt" and whined about supposed violations of her due process rights, even though the committee had bent over backward to accommodate her, granting a delay earlier this year when she temporarily lost her legal representation.

But Rep. Michael Guest wasn’t having any of it on Tuesday. The Mississippi Republican pushed back hard on that narrative, pointing out that Cherfilus-McCormick had repeatedly turned down the committee’s invitations to hand over any exculpatory evidence that might clear her name."The committee has worked diligently to investigate this matter," Guest said. "This was not a rush to judgment, as some would claim … this was a very deliberate process to gather information into allegations that were extremely serious, and extremely complicated."

Guest also made sure to thank the committee staff who had spent more than two years grinding through this mess, poring over tens of thousands of documents to get to the bottom of Cherfilus-McCormick’s alleged shenanigans.

And just like that, she became the third lawmaker to resign from Congress in the past week alone. California Democrat Eric Swalwell and Texas Republican Tony Gonzales both stepped down last week to dodge their own expulsion threats tied to serious sexual misconduct allegations.

At least five women have now come forward accusing Swalwell of sexual assault and rape. Gonzales, for his part, admitted to sexual misconduct back in March with a former aide, who later tragically died by suicide.

Despite the storm clouds, Cherfilus-McCormick went ahead and filed for re-election anyway, though her fundraising tells a different story: she scraped together a measly $11,000 in the first quarter of the year, according to the latest FEC filings. Whether she plans to actually keep that campaign alive remains to be seen.

Notably, Cherfilus-McCormick herself wasn’t even on the House floor when her resignation announcement was read aloud.

A staffer for the congresswoman told reporters she was back in Washington with her family as the news dropped.

"She's with her family digesting this development and digesting this decision," the aide said. "As you can imagine, this wasn't what she wanted."

House Democratic leadership stayed conspicuously silent in the run-up to her resignation announcement, even after the Ethics Committee laid out the extensive misconduct in painstaking detail.

But it looks like Cherfilus-McCormick finally caved once a wave of her own Democratic colleagues made it crystal clear they’d vote to expel her if that rare removal vote ever hit the floor.

Former Speaker Nancy Hands-a-Flying Pelosi, never one to mince words, went on Fox News Tuesday and basically said enough is enough: "Let’s just get this over with."

Pelosi also called for the swift boot of embattled Rep. Cory Mills, the Florida Republican currently under Ethics Committee scrutiny for an alleged domestic violence incident and other issues.

"These cases just being out there . . .  they make us look terrible," Pelosi said.House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, meanwhile, didn’t publicly call on Cherfilus-McCormick to step down before she pulled the plug.

On the other side of the aisle, Speaker Mike Johnson argued that the Ethics Committee should be allowed to finish its work on Mills before any punishment gets considered.

"I'm confident that they are moving along as quickly as they are able," Johnson told Fox News. "And when members cooperate, which my understanding is Representative Mills is cooperating, unlike Cherfilus-McCormick, I would expect that the outcome would be much sooner."

"He's very upset about some of the allegations that have been made," Johnson added of Mills. "He says that he wants to prove his innocence, and he has the opportunity to do that."

By the way, this resignation didn’t fly under the radar, major outlets across the spectrum, Brain Flushings, PBS and CNN to CBS, Fox News, The Hill, Politico, Reuters, NBC, and The Washington Post, all jumped on the story today.

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BOMBSHELL: Florida Dem Congresswoman Indicted for Allegedly Stealing $5 Million in FEMA Cash to Fund Her Campaign—While Real Hurricane Victims Suffered

Folks, you can’t make this stuff up. A sitting Democratic congresswoman from the Sunshine State is now staring down the barrel of more than half a century in federal prison after prosecutors say she and her crew looted millions in FEMA disaster-relief money… and funneled it straight into her own campaign war chest. 

On Wednesday, the Justice Department dropped the hammer on Rep. Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick (D-FL), charging her with masterminding a jaw-dropping scheme to swipe a $5 million overpayment that FEMA accidentally sent to her family’s health-care company during the COVID vaccine push. Instead of sending it back, prosecutors say she and her brother Edwin Cherfilus treated it like their personal piggy bank—laundering the cash through multiple accounts and dumping it into her 2021 congressional race.

"Using disaster relief funds for self-enrichment is a particularly selfish, cynical crime," Attorney General Pamela Bondi said in a blistering statement. "No one is above the law, least of all powerful people who rob taxpayers for personal gain. We will follow the facts in this case and deliver justice."

FBI Director Kash Patel didn’t hold back either: “This individual and her family allegedly stole money from FEMA and then laundered it through friends toward her own personal benefits – including her campaign accounts,” Patel said. “Today the FBI and partners at [the Justice Department] took action. No one is above the law.”

Prosecutors say Cherfilus-McCormick’s district chief of staff, Nadege Leblanc, helped funnel stolen cash to straw donors who then “donated” it right back to the campaign. And if that wasn’t enough, a tax preparer named David Spencer is accused of helping the congresswoman cook the books—claiming political spending and personal expenses as business deductions while inflating charitable contributions.

If convicted on all counts, Cherfilus-McCormick could get up to 53 years behind bars. Her brother faces 35, Leblanc up to 10, and Spencer up to 33.

Her legal team trotted out the usual line, calling her “a committed public servant” and vowing to “fight to clear her good name.” Sure.

Meanwhile, Rep. Greg Steube (R-FL) is already preparing to drop the gavel. He plans to file a motion Thursday to censure Cherfilus-McCormick and boot her off every committee, Foreign Affairs and Veterans’ Affairs included.

“This is one of the most egregious abuses of public trust I have ever seen. Stealing $5 million in taxpayer disaster funds from FEMA of all places is beyond indefensible,” Steube told me. “Millions of Floridians have relied on FEMA after devastating hurricanes, and that money was supposed to help real disaster victims.”

Oh, and the House Ethics Committee is already investigating her separately.

Look, when actual hurricane victims are still waiting on FEMA trailers and tarps, and this crew is allegedly treating disaster money like campaign slush-fund bingo, the word “brazen” doesn’t even cover it.

Stay tuned, this one’s going to get ugly.

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House releases Gaetz misconduct allegations report

The House Ethics Committee released the report Monday from its investigation into alleged misconduct by former Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-FL). 

The Committee confessed that it rarely releases reports on former members of Congress, but in this case they chose to do so because of all the public interest in the allegations. Thus, the majority of the Committee members voted to release the report despite Gaetz having resigned from Congress. [He is slated to have a show on OANN in January.]

The Committee said in the 42-page report that it found “substantial evidence” of the following:

From at least 2017 to 2020, Rep. Gaetz regularly paid women for engaging in sexual activity with him. [The kids call this prostitution.]

In 2017, Representative Gaetz engaged in sexual activity with a 17-year-old girl. [He originally claimed when he learned her age, he stopped mid-grope.]

During the period 2017 to 2019, Rep. Gaetz used or possessed illegal drugs, including cocaine and ecstasy, on multiple occasions.

Rep. Gaetz accepted gifts, including transportation and lodging in connection with a 2018 trip to the Bahamas, in excess of permissible amounts.

In 2018, Rep. Gaetz arranged for his Chief of Staff to assist a woman with whom he engaged in sexual activity in obtaining a passport, falsely indicating to the U.S. Department of State that she was a constituent.

Rep. Gaetz knowingly and willfully sought to impede and obstruct the Committee’s investigation of his conduct. 

Rep. Gaetz has acted in a manner that reflects discreditably upon the House.

The Committee said that based on its findings, they conclude that there was “substantial evidence” that Gaetz “violated House Rules, state and federal laws, and other standards of conduct prohibiting prostitution, statutory rape, illicit drug use, acceptance of impermissible gifts, the provision of special favors and privileges, and obstruction of Congress.”

The Committee noted that they did not find enough evidence to decide that Gaetz had violated federal sex trafficking laws. This was something that federal prosecutors investigated him for in a separate criminal investigation.

The Committee said that Gaetz was “uncooperative” throughout its investigation and did not appear for an interview after they subpoenaed him.

“The Committee then sent Representative Gaetz a set of written questions, to which he issued a public response that ignored most of the direct questions about his misconduct and mischaracterized the Committee’s investigation and his participation up to that point,” the Committee said.

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Santos' political future awaits Congress' decision

New York Republican Rep. George Santos believes he is going to be kicked out of Congress following a report by the House Ethics Committee that found plenty of evidence that he broke the law and is a disgrace to the Party of Lincoln, aka the Grand Old Party.

In an obscene speech Friday aimed at his congressional colleagues, the lying congressman bragged that he was “not going anywhere.” But he acknowledged that his time as a member of Congress, at least, may soon be coming to an end.

“I know I’m going to get expelled when this expulsion resolution goes to the floor,” he said Friday night during a conversation on X Spaces. “I’ve done the math over and over, and it doesn’t look really good.”

It's likely he didn't do the math because when he says anything, you can take the opposite thing to the bank. 

Santos' comments came a week after the Republican chairman of the House Ethics Committee, Michael Guest, introduced a resolution to expel Santos once the body returns from Thanksgiving break.

The lying congressman skated past two previous expulsion votes but while many voted in his favor, the evidence of alleged misconduct that has been uncovered has become overwhelming.

The report found that he used campaign funds for personal use, enjoying luxury retail purchases and adult content websites. He then had his campaign file false and incomplete reports. 

“Representative Santos sought to fraudulently exploit every aspect of his House candidacy for his own personal financial profit,” investigators wrote. They noted that he did not cooperate with the report and repeatedly “evaded” straightforward requests for information.

The fake college graduate commented about the report on Friday, Nov. 24th, during a conversation on X. He lashed out at his colleagues and described the report as "slanderous," which it wasn't. He even claimed his colleagues often voted while "drunk." 

He didn't want to speak directly about the report adding that the report was "designed to force [me] out of [my] seat." However, any defense of his conduct, he said, could be used against him in the ongoing criminal case brought by federal prosecutors. [H/T AP News]

His decision not to seek reelection, he claimed, was not because of external pressure, but due to his frustration with the “sheer arrogance” of his colleagues.

“These people need to understand it’s done when I say it’s done, when I want it to be done, not when they want it to be done,” he added. “That’s kind of where we are there.”

But remember, it's coming from Santos. Don't believe a word he says.

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House Ethics Committee releases report on Santos with serious resolutions: Santos 'will not seek reelection'

Just stepped out of the clown car

On Thursday morning, the House Ethics Committee released its report on NY GOP Rep. George Santos, [if that's his real name] and gave a projected date on or before November 17 with recommendations he be referred to the Department of Justice.

Chairman Michael Guest (R-MS) and Ranking Member Susan Wild (D-PA) noted in a statement that there is "substantial evidence" to show that Santos "knowingly caused his campaign committee to file false or incomplete reports with the Federal Election Commission; used campaign funds for personal purposes; engaged in fraudulent conduct in connection with RedStone Strategies LLC; and engaged in knowing and willful violations of the Ethics in Government Act as it relates to his Financial Disclosure (FD) Statements filed with the House."

Olivia Beavers of POLITICO highlighted various points of the report, including personal expenses such as trips to Atlantic City as well as charges for Sephora, OnlyFans, spas, Hermes, and paying personal credit card bills, bringing in question as to who Santos is a fan of, and what does he put on when nobody is looking.

Santos could also be facing expulsion from Congress, with Guest bringing the resolution this time, after fellow NY Republicans Nick LaLota and Anthony D'Esposito introduced a resolution to expel the Party's embarrassment last month, and were joined by Marc Molinaro, Brandon Williams, and Mike Lawler in calling on their colleagues to support the resolution.

Expulsion from the House needs the support of two-thirds of the members and failed miserably when voted on November 1 due to the fact the report had not then been released.

However, a press release from the United States Attorney's Office for the Eastern District of New York on October 10 read that "Congressman George Santos Charged With Conspiracy, Wire Fraud, False Statements, Falsification of Records, Aggravated Identity Theft, and Credit Card Fraud."

At this time, Guest has not yet coordinated with the speaker's office. Later on Thursday morning, it was revealed that Rep. Robert Garcia (D-CA), who sought to expel Santos with a vote in February, will also be filing a privileged motion.

Which one is the real George Santos?

When the report came out, Santos posted to his X account that the report was "biased" and "a disgusting politicized smear." He then did what he does best--he lied posting:  "I will remain steadfast in fighting for my rights and for defending my name in the face of adversity." 

So on the same day, Thursday, following the completion of the House Ethics Committee review, Santos announced that he will not seek reelection to Congress in 2024.

The lying liar wrote:

I will remain steadfast in fighting for my rights and for defending my name in the face of adversity. I am humbled yet again and reminded that I am human and I have flaws, but I will not stand by as I am stoned by those who have flaws themselves. I will continue on my mission to serve my constituents up until I am allowed. I will however NOT be seeking re-election for a second term in 2024 as my family deserves better than to be under the gun from the press all the time.

Public service life was never a goal or a dream, but I stepped up to the occasion when I felt my country needed it most. I will 100% continue to maintain my commitment to my conservative values in my remaining time in Congress.

We now know there is "substantial evidence" in the House Ethics Committee's report on its investigation showing that Santos "knowingly caused his campaign committee to file false or incomplete reports with the Federal Election Commission; used campaign funds for personal purposes; engaged in fraudulent conduct in connection with RedStone Strategies LLC; and engaged in knowing and willful violations of the Ethics in Government Act as it relates to his Financial Disclosure (FD) Statements filed with the House."

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House rejects censuring Schiff including 20 GOPers who voted with them

The Republican-led House of Self-Interested Representatives on Wednesday voted against a formal censure of Rep. Adam "Shiftless" Schiff (D-CA) for lying about collusion between Russia and former President Trump (R-USA) and claiming to have inside information from top secret sources.

Twenty GOPers joined the majority of progressive Democrats in voting 225-196 in favor of tabling the resolution to censure and condemn the lying Schiff, while seven cowardly members voted “present” and five did not cast a vote as they were out looking for their spines.

Take note of the following Republicans [in alphabetical order] who voted with the left to table the motion:

Reps. Kelly Armstrong (ND), Lori Chavez-DeRemer (OR), Juan Ciscomani (AZ), Tom Cole (OK), Warren Davidson (OH), Brian Fitzpatrick (PA), Kay Granger (TX), Garret Graves (LA), Thomas Kean Jr. (NJ), Kevin Kiley (CA), Young Kim (CA), Mike Lawler (NY), Thomas Massie (KY), Tom McClintock (CA), Mark Molinaro (NY), Jay Obernolte (CA), Mike Simpson (ID), Mike Turner (OH), David Valadao (CA) and little Steve Womack (AR).

The one Republican with the 'biggest set' was Rep. Anna Paulina Luna (R-FL). She was the person who brought forward the resolution, meant to be fast-tracked for consideration, and she referred it to the House Ethics Committee, an obvious oxymoron much like jumbo shrimp.

 The four-page resolution primarily accused Schiff of abusing his position and lying about the Russia matter, but also mentioned issues related to the Ukraine-focused impeachment inquiry against Trump. 

Unfortunately, the one issue that gummed up the bill and caused the GOP have the vapors was a clause calling for the pencil-neck geek to be fined millions of dollars if the panel found that he lied and abused sensitive information obtained from his former role in the House Intelligence Committee. He was kicked off the committee by the incoming Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-CA).

Rep. Luna proposed a $16 million fine as it represents roughly half the cost of special counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation into Russian election interference.

Rep. Thomas Massie (R-KY) said Schiff acted “unethically,” but the measure was not constitutional because it would violate the 8th and 27th Amendments regarding excessive fines and that it would require an election before a fine could be put into effect.

Rep. Luna tried to clarify that the financial penalty in the motion was a “suggested fine that can be paid with campaign funds, like any other fine levied by Ethics,” but that did not alleviate the concerns nor make it constitutional, unfortunately. 

“Allowing a majority of Congress to take $16 million (92 years of pay) from any member of Congress is shortsighted,” Massie tweeted after the vote. “Can we not imagine a time when this precedent would be used against conservatives? Fortunately it failed.”

Okay, okay, Massie is correct, but wouldn't it have been fun to have the resolution pass? Too bad Luna went overboard as Schiff lives to lie another day . . . at least for now.

So sure, we may want to vote those RINOs out who voted with the Democrats, but what they actually did was to act in a pro-constitutional, aka conservative, fashion.

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McCarthy confirms House ethics panel to probe George Santos

House Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) has confirmed on Tuesday that the House Ethics Committee is planning to look into Rep. George Santos (R-NY), a serial liar.

“Ethics is moving through, and if Ethics finds something, we’ll take action,” McCarthy told the progressive media of CNN. “Right now, we’re not allowing him to be on committees from the standpoint of the questions that have arisen.”

Santos even seems to have lied about that when he said that he asked not to be on any House committees.

Santos, 34, has been facing at least two ethics complaints regarding his admitted lying about his background, education, religion and charitable work — while federal investigators reportedly are examining whether he violated campaign finance law, which appears that he did.

McCarthy said “we’ll take action” if the ethics probe uncovers any wrongdoing.

Despite the multiple controversies swirling around him — including a recent sexual harassment complaint by a prospective staffer — Santos has vowed to remain in office until the next election in 2024, because the job at McDonalds was no longer available.

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George Santos may owe thousands in traffic violations in 2 states

George Santis (R-NY) is a serial liar and appears to be a scofflaw as well. He may owe over $3,400 in unpaid citations according to Florida and New York records.

A vehicle registered to him was cited six times in Florida in 2016 and 2017. He paid two citations for running red lights but four toll violations were unpaid and racked up late fees and eventually sent to collections agencies, as noted in Florida records. Santos currently owes $1,299.10 for running through the tolls without paying and the fees can continue to climb.

On top of that situation are the federal and local investigations regarding campaign finance issues.

One of the tickets issued to Santos' vehicle shows color photos from a red-light camera of a silver Jeep with puppy paw-print and dog-bone bumper stickers. The tickets include a zoomed-in capture of the car's license plate.

In November 2016, Santos, who previously had a Florida drivers license, was issued a driver's license in New York. His car [at least a car with his license plates] piled up tickets in New York City. Over the following two and a half years, Santos received 29 citations, according to city records. And while the records don't identify the drivers of vehicles, unless someone else copied his license plate perfectly, it had to be the congressman from the Big Apple.

Tickets included double parking, expired parking meters and five more red light violations. He made over $1,800 in payments for 17 citations but still has not paid for another dozen. He still owes $2,142,61 according to city records.

There were five speeding tickets issued to Santos' Nissan in New York, and of the five, four of them occurred in school zones.

A spokesperson for Santos' office didn't want to discuss these matters and would not say whether Santos was driving the vehicle when it blew through the red lights, or whether it was he who did not put money in the parking meters when he got those tickets. Instead, the spokesperson said, "What about Hunter Biden's laptop."

And while the spokesperson has a good point about Hunter's laptop, one thing has nothing to do with the other. It's like mixing apples and cocaine.

At this time, Santos is being investigated by the FBI [which needs to be investigated as well] in regard to his raising over $3000 for a veteran's dying dog as well as New York State and federal prosecutors who have announced investigations to Santos. He is also the target of complaints to the Federal Election Commission over campaign spending and the House Ethics Committee.

Rather than resigning from office to allow an actual college graduate take his seat, Santos recused himself from serving on House committees earlier this week.

"This was a decision that I take very seriously. The business of the 118th Congress must continue without media fanfare," Santos bull-slung Tuesday. "It is important that I primarily focus on serving the constituents of New York's 3rd Congressional District and providing federal level representation without distraction."

A Newsday/Siena College poll poll of Santos' constituents published Tuesday suggests the majority believe he should resign. More than 80% of the 653 registered voters polled view Santos unfavorable. Nearly as many, 78%, said he should resign, including 71% of Republicans.

I am one of those Republicans.

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Alexandria Obviously-Commie faces ethics investigation

AOC loves her some AOC

AOC loves her some AOC but things may have changed for the Capitol Hill darling of the far left. The House Ethics Committee is investigating the New York Democratic congress-commie. [H/T New York Post.]

The eight-member committee confirmed the investigation Wednesday but thus far has not provided details as to the nature of the investigation except to say that it has extended its looking into the matter that was brought to their attention on June 23 of this year.

The Latinx cha-cha chica was the focus of two complaints submitted to the Office of Congressional Ethics over her attendance at last year’s Met Gala in which she is picture above wearing an expensive white dress with the words "Tax the Rich" written on it in red.

Both complaints allege the socialist rep, 33, broke House rules by accepting free tickets to the star-studded, highly pretentious affair. Tickets for attendance was in the neighborhood of $35,000.

“The Committee notes that the mere fact of a referral or an extension, and the mandatory disclosure of such an extension and the name of the subject of the matter, does not itself indicate that any violation has occurred, or reflect any judgment on behalf of the Committee,” a statement read. But AOC had previously been the subject of two ethics complaints related to her attendance to the 2021 Met Gala.

Lawmakers are permitted, under chamber regulations, to accept free tickets to charity events directly from organizers. The New York Post has previously reported that she and her now-fiancé Riley Roberts were directly invited by the Metropolitan Museum of Art. 

But conservative groups allege that such allowances don't apply to this event since the invitations are controlled by Conde Nast, a for-profit company, and tables at the gala are also sponsored by corporate entities. AOC will likely claim ignorance about this issue, and when it comes to ignorance, she is totally believable, so nothing is likely to happen to her more than a light slap to her delicate Latinx wrist.

The American Accountability Foundation — the organization behind the initial ethics complaint filed against the congresswoman — claimed that Instagram “was able to purchase access to Representative Ocasio-Cortez that is unavailable to average citizens” by sponsoring a table at the gala.

The second ethics complaint was filed by the National Legal and Policy Center. It alleged that the borrowed Brother Vellies gown worn by AOC constituted an impermissible gift because it was “directly related to her ‘position with the House’ as a highly visible and controversial Member.”

“If AOC had not been a Member, she would not have been invited to the Gala,” the NLPC complaint read, “and even if she would have been invited as a private citizen, the designer would not have made a special dress for her to wear at the event.”

The irony is that the socialist message on the gown, "Tax the Rich" refers to and would directly effect the people who attended the gala, and the money that pays AOC's salary comes from taxpayers. 

Naturally, AOC's office issued a statement to the New York Post on Wednesday claiming she had done nothing wrong, but what else can they say.

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