纽约州民主党众议员丹尼尔·古德曼和里奇·托勒斯周二向众议院道德委员会提交了一份正式投诉，要求对纽约州共和党众议员乔治·桑多斯进行调查。
“众议院有义务监督自己，这只是我们让乔治·桑托斯对他的选民和美国人民负责的使命的开始，”戈德曼在给美国广播公司新闻的一份声明中说。
“乔治·桑托斯自己也承认，他是个彻头彻尾的骗子。他承认他没有大学毕业，没有在华尔街或私募股权公司工作，没有自己的财产，也不是犹太人——所有这些都是他为了欺骗皇后区和拿骚县的选民而声称的，”戈德曼继续说道。
ABC新闻获得的投诉副本显示，民主党人要求道德委员会调查桑托斯的财务披露是否可能违反《政府道德法案》,该法案要求官员及时、准确、完整地提交报告。
“桑托斯先生在2020年和2022年的财务披露报告很少，令人费解，”诉状写道。“至少，很明显，他没有及时提交最近竞选活动的披露报告。此外，他自己的公开声明与2022年财务披露中包含的一些信息相矛盾，并证实2022年财务披露未能披露其他所需信息。”
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舒克的一个监督小组据称桑托斯违反了联邦竞选财务法通过隐瞒竞选捐款的真实来源和非法将竞选资金用于个人开支。该组织呼吁联邦选举委员会进行调查。
桑托斯周二坚称，他没有做“任何不道德的事情”，因为他回应了来自纽约的民主党同事提出的投诉。
“他们可以自由地做他们想做的任何事情，”桑托斯告诉记者。当被问及是否担心此举会引发委员会的调查时，桑托斯说:“我不担心。我没有做任何不道德的事情。”
周二上午，托雷斯和戈德曼将他们的诉状副本亲手交给了桑托斯，桑托斯正在他的办公室里。
众议员里奇·托雷斯(Ritchie Torres)和丹·戈德曼(Dan Goldman)将他们向众议院道德委员会提交的诉状副本交给了正在办公室的众议员乔治·桑托斯(George Santos)。今天早上，桑托斯告诉记者，“我没有做任何不道德的事情。”https://t.co/MOEZ8jbXur pic.twitter.com/y98bi7sjqK
— Lalee Ibssa (@LaleeIbssa)2023年1月10日
美国广播公司新闻周一就最新一轮指控多次向桑托斯施压。
“你是否滥用了竞选资金?，”他问道。“你被指控编造了你生活中的几乎每一个部分，为什么你有资格代表纽约人民?”
桑托斯没有回答问题，并要求“个人空间”
当被问及为什么不回答问题时，他说，“我很快就会对媒体发表讲话。”
当被问及那将是什么时候时，他回答说，“在我的时间。”
桑托斯在赢得纽约第三国会选区的选举后，承认在多家媒体报道他的谎言后编造了许多背景。他曾就读于一所著名的私立高中，毕业于巴鲁克学院，并为高盛工作，这些说法都被证明是错误的。
他现在还面临纽约司法部长莱蒂夏·詹姆斯(Letitia James)、美国纽约东区检察官办公室和其他办公室的多项调查。
由于在众议院的微弱多数，议长凯文·麦卡锡只能承受失去自己政党的几票。麦卡锡避免直接回答任何关于桑托斯的爆料，忽略了记者的大多数问题。
周一晚上离开会议厅时，麦卡锡再次被追问，他告诉记者，他正在“内部”处理这件事
“我确定，有时候，我会告诉你，”他说。
当被问及是否应该对桑托斯采取任何措施时，麦卡锡说:“让我完成所有事情，我会让你们知道。”
众议院多数党党鞭史蒂夫·斯卡利斯。周二，当被问及桑托斯是否应该成为第118届国会议员时。
“当你上周看到他坐在座位上时，没有任何挑战。这是内部正在处理的事情，”斯卡利斯说。“很明显，有人对我们所听到的感到担忧，所以我们必须坐下来和他谈谈这件事。这是我们将要处理的事情。就像我们将要处理的许多其他事情一样。”
共和党领导人将很快敲定新国会的委员会任务。其中一些任务预计将交给桑托斯。
“我得到什么就拿什么。我不是一个挑剔的人。我来这里是为了服务人民，”桑托斯周二说。
George Santos target of ethics complaint by New York Democrats
New York Democratic Reps. Daniel Goldman and Ritchie Torres on Tuesday filed an official complaint with the House Committee on Ethics calling for an investigation into New York Republican Rep. George Santos.
"The House of Representatives has an obligation to police itself, and this is just the start of our mission to hold George Santos accountable to his constituents and the American people," Goldman said in a statement to ABC News.
"George Santos, by his own admission, is an outright fraud. He has admitted that he didn't graduate college, didn't work on Wall Street or in private equity, doesn't own property, and isn't Jewish -- all of which he asserted in order to dupe the voters in Queens and Nassau County," Goldman continued.
A copy of the complaint obtained by ABC News shows the Democrats are requesting the ethics panel investigate Santos's financial disclosures for possible violations of the Ethics in Government Act -- which requires officials to timely, accurately and completely submit reports.
"Mr. Santos's financial disclosure reports in 2020 and 2022 are sparse and perplexing," the complaint reads. "At a minimum, it is apparent that he did not file timely disclosure reports for his most recent campaign. Moreover, his own public statements have contradicted some information included in the 2022 financial disclosure and confirmed that the 2022 financial disclosure failed to disclose other required information."
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A watchdog group on Monday alleged Santos violated federal campaign finance laws by concealing the true sources of campaign donations and illegally using campaign funds for personal expenses. The group called on the Federal Election Commission to investigate.
Santos on Tuesday maintained he's done "nothing unethical" as he responded to the complaint being filed by his Democratic colleagues from New York.
"They are free to do whatever they want to do," Santos told reporters. Asked if he's worried about the move, which will trigger an investigation by the panel, Santos said, "I am not. I have done nothing unethical."
Torres and Goldman hand-delivered a copy of their complaint to Santos, who was in his office, on Tuesday morning.
Reps. Ritchie Torres and Dan Goldman hand deliver a copy of their complaint with the House Ethics Committee to Rep. George Santos who was in his office. This morning, Santos told reporters, “I have done nothing unethical.” https://t.co/MOEZ8jbXur pic.twitter.com/y98bi7sjqK
— Lalee Ibssa (@LaleeIbssa) January 10, 2023
ABC News pressed Santos multiple times on Monday about the latest round of allegations.
"Did you misuse campaign finances?," he was asked. "You're accused of fabricating almost every single part of your life, why do you deserve to represent the people of New York?"
Santos did not answer the questions and asked for "personal space."
When asked why he wouldn't answer questions he said, "I'll be addressing the media soon."
When questioned when that would be, he responded, "On my time."
Santos, after winning his election in New York's 3rd Congressional District, admitted to fabricating much of his background after the lies were reported by multiple media outlets. Claims that he attended a prestigious private high school, graduated from Baruch College and worked for Goldman Sachs have all been disproven.
He's now also facing multiple investigations from New York Attorney General Letitia James, the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Eastern District of New York and other offices.
MORE: Brazilian prosecutors seek to bring back check fraud charges against George Santos
With a razor-thin majority in the House, Speaker Kevin McCarthy can only afford to lose a few votes from his own party. McCarthy has avoided directly addressing any of the revelations about Santos, ignoring most questions from reporters.
Pressed again as he left the chamber on Monday night, McCarthy told reporters he was handling it "internally."
"I'm sure, at times, I'll come tell you," he said.
When asked if any repercussions should be taken against Santos, McCarthy said "Let me get through everything and I'll let you guys know."
House Majority Whip Steve Scalise, R-La., was pressed Tuesday about whether Santos should be a member of the 118th Congress.
"When you saw him seated last week, there were no challenges to that. This is something that's being handled internally," Scalise said. "Obviously, there were concerns about what we had heard and so we're gonna have to sit down and talk to him about it. And that's something that we're going to deal with. Just like there's a lot of other things we're going to deal with."
Republican leaders are set to soon finalize committee assignments for the new Congress. Some of those assignments are are expected to go to Santos.
"I'll take whatever I get. I'm not a picky person. I came here to serve the people," Santos said Tuesday.
