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Deadline Hollywood reports: The meteoric political rise of George Santos and the web of fabulist tales it was built on are getting a movie treatment. HBO Films has optioned the rights to Mark Chiusano’s new book The Fabulist: The Lying, Hustling, Grifting, Stealing, and Very American Legend of George Santos, which was published on November 28, 2023. The film, now …

The Insider reports: In a sit-down with a group of reporters on Capitol Hill on Thursday — the day before his historic expulsion from Congress — the scandal-plagued Republican took a swipe at what most consider to be the foremost achievement of the LGBTQ rights movement. “I was an opposer of gay marriage,” Santos said in response to a question …

The Hill reports: Former Speaker Nancy Pelosi took aim at ousted Rep. George Santos (R-N.Y.) after he exited the House chamber Friday before his expulsion vote had come to an end, calling him a “coward” for doing so. Pelosi said that while the historic 311-114-2 vote to boot Santos was “heartbreaking,” it was “necessary.” “This is not a casual vote …

Former GOP Rep. George Santos writes: Let’s talk about hypocrisy. Can someone ask Nicole MalioStockTips when did she become a savant in stock trading? The signature bank trades she did REEKS of insider trading much like Paul Pelosi’s every trade! Nicole is in it for herself! Just look at her record and it speaks for itself. Nicole MalioStockTips is a …

NBC News reports: The House voted Friday to expel George Santos from Congress, making the New York Republican just the sixth member of the House ever to be expelled and the first in more than 20 years. Santos was immediately stripped of his position as a member of Congress. The House speaker then directed the clerk to notify the governor …

Mediaite reports: After being expelled by the House on Friday morning, Rep. George Santos rushed to his car, running away from an onslaught of reporters and cameras. Reporters rushed to confront Santos on the Capitol Hill Friday morning but his longtime aide Vish Burra kept a healthy distance between the expelled Congressman and the cameras as he fled the scene …

CNBC reports: The House is set to vote Friday on whether to expel Rep. George Santos from Congress over the lies, scandals and alleged campaign finance crimes that have defined the New York Republican’s brief and controversial time in office. If the expulsion resolution passes, Santos will become just the sixth House member in U.S. history to be booted from …

The New York Times reports: The House of Representatives will begin a reinvigorated debate on Thursday on whether to expel Representative George Santos of New York, setting the stage for a vote that seems somewhat tilted against him. The vote, expected on Friday, will be the third time this year that the House has weighed the fate of Mr. Santos, …

The Hill reports: Rep. George Santos (R-N.Y.) may be getting pushed out of Congress, but he’s making it clear that he won’t be leaving quietly. The embattled lawmaker announced Thursday morning that he will move to force a vote on expelling Rep. Jamaal Bowman (D-N.Y.) from the House, just over one month after the New York Democrat was charged with …

CBS News reports: Embattled Republican Rep. George Santos of New York is set to address the public Thursday as the House prepares to take up a third resolution to expel him from Congress, two weeks after the House Ethics Committee said it found “overwhelming evidence” that he violated federal law. It’s unclear what Santos will say during the press conference, …

Axios reports: House Republicans are pinning their hopes on a last minute resignation from Rep. George Santos (R-N.Y.) to avoid what one top Republican said would be “tough votes” on expelling him. Emerging from a meeting with Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) and other top Republicans on Tuesday evening, Republican Study Committee Chair Kevin Hern (R-Okla.) described multiple phone calls between …

“All these members are pushing this. They want me to resign because they don’t want to take this tough vote that sets the precedent to their own demise in the future. They’re not immune from all the nonsense that goes on in Washington, where you all [reporters] follow them around with cameras and microphones in their faces. They don’t like …

CBS News reports: The House will try again this week to expel embattled GOP Rep. George Santos after Democratic Rep. Robert Garcia moved Tuesday to force a vote on ousting him this week. The California lawmaker introduced a “privileged” resolution to expel the New York Republican after a damning report from the House Ethics Committee earlier this month said there …

The Guardian reports: George Santos, 35, faces federal charges of conspiracy, wire fraud, false statements, falsification of records, aggravated identity theft and credit card fraud, in a 23-count indictment in his home state. If convicted, he is likely to spend years in prison. “This story is a tragedy,” says Mark Chiusano, author of The Fabulist: The Lying, Hustling, Grifting, Stealing, …

The Hill reports: Tuesday will mark the first time lawmakers are back in the Capitol since the House Ethics Committee released a damning report that said the embattled lawmaker “violated federal criminal laws.” The chairman of that panel — Rep. Michael Guest (R-Miss.) — introduced a resolution to expel Santos, and other lawmakers have said they plan to force a …

The Messenger reports: “I know I’m going to get expelled when this expulsion resolution goes to the floor,” Santos said on Twitter Spaces, reported Alexander Solender of Axios. “I can do math,” he added, referring to the expected vote tally. He’s daring Ethics Committee Chair Rep. Michael Guest, R-Miss., who filed a Santos expulsion resolution last week, to force a …

The Associated Press reports: The founder of a far-right, unofficial Catholic media group has resigned for an unspecified violation of the organization’s morality clause, the group said in a statement Tuesday. Michael Voris stepped down as president of St. Michael’s Media and Church Militant, a Michigan-based enterprise established to address what Voris’ official biography calls “the serious erosion of the …

“There was no Due process! A report designed to smear me and create narratives that are false is what this was. We were never asked a single question pertaining to their ‘findings’ all we were asked for was to produce and we did to the best of our ability. They got so much wrong in this report and refused my …

The New York Times reports: Bowen Yang’s remaining opportunities to play Santos on “S.N.L.” are surely dwindling as the congressman faces another vote to expel him from the House. If this appearance on Weekend Update was Yang’s swan song in the role, he gave it his all as he explained — in typical over-the-top fashion — why he spent campaign …

Politico reports: Unlike previous attempts to remove the embattled New York Republican, the latest push led by Ethics Committee Chair Michael Guest (R-Miss.) could actually get the two-thirds majority that is required to expel him. If all Democrats vote to boost Santos — the most likely outcome — then roughly 80 GOP members would need to join them in order …