George Santos threatened on Saturday to file ethics complaints against some of his former Republican colleagues in New York, following his expulsion from the House of Representatives on Friday.
Eight of Santos' Republican colleagues in the New York House of Representatives voted in an extraordinary vote to expel him after his long history of lying was exposed and he faced multiple criminal charges.
The Long Island congressman, who stole donor funds to spend on OnlyFans and Botox, fled Capitol Hill as he became just the sixth House member in history to be kicked out.
More than 100 Republicans joined Democrats on Friday to out the fabulous liar in a historic vote totaling 311 to 114, with two members voting “present.”
Later that evening and into the early hours of Saturday morning, Santos took to
The Long Island congressman fled Capitol Hill on Friday as he became only the sixth House member in history to be kicked out
Santos told reporters “to hell with this place” as he left Congress after Friday's vote
“On Monday I will be filing an ethics complaint against @RepMikeLawler for questionable campaign finance violations.” Santos wrote on the platform on Friday.
“Congressman Lawler owns part of Checkmate Strategies and he uses the same company of which he is a beneficiary to pay for services related to his campaign,” he alleged.
He added: “The questions in question are; Is Mr. Lawler engaged in laundering money from his campaign, into his company, and then into his own pocket? I'll let the Office of Congressional Ethics rule on this.”
Santos also targeted Republican Rep. Nicole Malliotakis.
“On Monday, I will file an official complaint with the Office of Congressional Ethics against @NMilliotakis regarding her questionable stock trading since joining the Ways and Means Committee this Congress,” Santos wrote.
“Prior to joining the committee, the congresswoman did not have an active trading habit or a large holding of stocks.
“The question is: What information is she trading on?” he added.
Santos also took aim at Democratic Rep. Rob Menendez, whose father, Sen. Bob Menendez, was indicted for allegedly taking bribes from the Egyptian state in September.
Santos targeted Republican Rep. Nicole Malliotakis (pictured) and accused her of 'questionable stock trading'
Santos said he was filing an ethics complaint against Mike Lawler (pictured) for 'questionable campaign finance violations'
Santos lashed out at his former colleagues on X, formerly Twitter, the day after he was expelled from the House of Representatives
“Although Congressman Menedez has not been summoned by the DOJ's careful investigation into his father, the question remains what he knew and when he knew it,” Santos wrote.
“The complaint seeks clarification from the freshman congressman regarding his involvement in his father's foreign affairs over the years and the possible compensation he has received.”
He continued, “I think it's a fair point to make sure we clear up the doubt surrounding Representative Menendez and his business relationships with his father. I leave it to the Congressional Ethics Office to examine the material I will submit to them.”
DailyMail.com contacted Mr Lawler, Ms Malliotakis and Mr Menendez for comment but did not receive a response before publication.
Santos' mountains of lies include fabricating family connections to the Holocaust, murdering his mother on September 11, working on Wall Street, recovering from a brain tumor, being of Ukrainian Jewish descent and starting a charity.
Santos survived a vote to expel him last month as 31 Democrats and most Republicans voted to keep him. Many of them said they would prefer to wait for an Ethics Commission report detailing his misdeeds. A two-thirds majority in the House of Representatives is required to expel a sitting member of Congress.
Friday's vote was different: A total of 105 Republicans voted to expel their colleague. Santos is the first member to be expelled in more than two decades.
Santos stormed off the House floor minutes before the vote that sealed his fate ended
Despite denying it, internet sleuths appear to have discovered that Santos – who is said to have been pictured here dressed in drag in 2007 – himself confirmed it in a 2011 post on Wikipedia.
The now public ethics report found that Santos had used campaign money and donations to finance a lavish lifestyle, engaged in fraud, filed false election reports and “intentionally” violated ethics.
The damning ethics report alleged he improperly used campaign contributions to pay for Botox treatments, Hermes bags, OnlyFans purchases and casino withdrawals.
Now, Republicans' slim majority in the House of Representatives is even smaller, and the Republican Party can only afford three votes. The new breakdown totals 221 Republicans and 213 Democrats.
Some in the Republican leadership — including Speaker Mike Johnson and GOP Conference Chair Elise Stefanik — have been reluctant to expel Santos because he has not been convicted in court for his alleged crimes.
Santos' expulsion from the House of Representatives is immediate and New York Governor Kathy Hochul will have to declare the seat vacant and call for a special election to fill his position.