Shortly after the now-expelled George Santos took office, the media presented a mountain of evidence that he lied during his campaign about almost every aspect of his personal life. Santos claimed, falsely, that he had been a volleyball star, a graduate of Baruch College, an employee of Citigroup and Goldman Sachs, that he was Jewish, and that he had lost family both in the Holocaust and on 9/11.

Republican campaign officials subsequently acknowledged that some of this information was circulating just after Santos locked down the GOP nomination in 2022. They did not pressure him to withdraw because it meant losing the seat, but were pretty sure something was “going to come out about this guy.”

Santos also faces a 23-count federal indictment for wire fraud, stealing federal funds, lying on disclosure forms, falsifying a $500,000 campaign donation and transferring money from donors’ credit cards to his personal bank account, which he spent on Botox treatments, Ferragamo shoes and pornography.

The 311-114 vote to expel Santos, well over the required two-thirds majority, included 105 Republicans. That said, the four GOP House Leaders — Speaker Mike Johnson, Majority Leader Steve Scalise, Minority Whip Tom Emmer and Conference Chair Elise Stefanik — voted against........

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