Maybe he'll be offered a deal to resign he can't refuse. Or maybe he'll serve his term as a constant in-the-news embarrassment to the GOP and those who voted for him.
Btw, the new GOP majority is considering a hiring freeze for the Ethics Committee it just took control of, for nefarious, unethical purposes of course.
Law & Crime: Sparking alarm from advocacy groups, the House GOP intends to vote on a provision slipped into the rules ... A bipartisan watchdog, the Committee historically has had a 5-5 breakdown between the two major parties. The rules proposed ... do not alter that fundamental structure.
Two of the changes, however, could effectively oust the current Democratic members and make it harder to hire staff necessary to conduct investigations.
As envisioned by the bill, “the provision regarding appointment and compensation of staff shall require an affirmative vote of at least 4 members of the board not later than 30 calendar days after the date of the adoption of this resolution.”
Legal expert Mitchell Epner, a former federal prosecutor, notes that will give the committee an exceedingly narrow, monthlong window to replace board members and hire new staff, “including background checks.”
“I cannot imagine a reason to do this for the Ethics Committee (and no other committee), other than to decrease its efficacy,” added Epner ...
For Accountable.US, the timing of the proposed rules change for the Ethics Committee appeared to be suspect.
“It’s telling that one of the very first actions of the incoming MAGA Republican-led House will be to kneecap a bipartisan office that oversees Congressional ethics. This is about protecting their ethically-challenged Members like fraudster George Santos or Jan 6 subpoena-defying Jim Jordan from accountability – or perhaps in anticipation of a new wave of corruption allegations and ethics violations from other MAGA extremists.” ...
“There is certainly no good reason to make it easier for members to get away with ethics violations, which only invites bad behavior. It sends a clear message that the MAGA House is more interested in sweeping any corruption amongst their ranks under the rug and performing political stunts against the Biden administration than they are doing anything constructive on behalf of the American people.” ...
https://lawandcrime.com/high-profile/just-as-rep-elect-george-santos-comes-into-office-house-gop-considers-rules-that-could-hamper-the-ethics-committee/Oh, you guys...! So predictable.
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