Santos faces calls from members of both parties to resign or be ousted from Congress, though the freshman representative has already launched his 2024 campaign.
Rep. George Santos will be arraigned in a federal court in New York Wednesday afternoon, hours after the first-term Republican—whose first four months in office have been plagued by scandals—was indicted on fraud and money laundering charges, and as lawmakers on both sides of the aisle call on him to step down or be kicked out of the House.
Santos, who faces mounting pressure to resign or be expelled from Congress, is set to be arraigned before Judge Anne Y. Shields in New York’s East District in Central Islip, New York, at 1:30 p.m.,If convicted, Santos faces a maximum of 20 years in prison on the top counts,
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