The battle over expelling Rep. George Santos

House Dems move to impeach Rep. George Santos; Ecuador’s president dissolves the National Assembly to avoid impeachment.

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Why Dems want to expel Rep. Santos

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• House Democrats introduced a resolution to expel Rep. George Santos (R-NY) from Congress on Tuesday. [CNN / Manu Raju and Haley Talbot]
• The move follows Santos’s indictment on multiple counts of wire fraud and money laundering, theft of public funds, and lying to the House of Representatives. Santos has pleaded not guilty. [The Hill / Mychael Schnell]
• House Republicans will vote Wednesday on referring the resolution to expel to the House Ethics Committee to avoid voting directly on the resolution. [NBC News / Rebecca Shabad and Kyle Stewart]
• The expulsion resolution was unlikely to pass because it would have required a two-thirds majority, but Democrats had hoped to force Republicans to go on the record with their support for Santos. [New York Times / Annie Karni]
• Santos stepped down from his committee assignments in January after the exposure of his lies about his professional experience and personal history prompted scrutiny of his campaign and finances. [NPR / Barbara Sprunt]

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Vox’s Ben Jacobs explains the many lies surrounding Rep. George Santos. [Vox / Ben Jacobs]

Ecuador's president escapes impeachment

• Wednesday, Ecuadorian President Guillermo Lasso dissolved the National Assembly as lawmakers prepared to impeach him. [Vox / Ellen Ioanes]
• Conservative Lasso said the decree is the best way to end Ecuador’s political crisis and return power to the voters. He will govern without lawmakers’ input until elections can be held. [Guardian / Tom Phillips and Dan Collyns]
• Opposition lawmakers and Ecuador’s powerful Indigenous federation criticized Lasso’s move. However, police and military said it was constitutional and vowed to uphold it. [Reuters / Alexandra Valencia]
• The opposition-led Assembly was set to impeach Lasso for failing to stop a corrupt contract between a state-run oil business and a private tanker company that cost Ecuador millions. Lasso denied any wrongdoing. [Associated Press / Regina Garcia Cano and Gonzalo Solano]
• In December, a similar crisis unfolded in the region after Peru impeached and arrested its former president for attempting to dissolve Congress. [NYT / Julie Turkewitz and Genevieve Glatsky] 

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"He's already admitted to lying and defrauding, he is an embarrassment to the House and to the country."

[California Rep. Robert Garcia on Rep. George Santos / NPR]

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