 U.S. politician expelled from Congress. Disgraced U.S. lawmaker George Santos has been expelled from Congress in a vote by his House of Representatives colleagues, marking the first such ouster in decades and the only time a member was removed from office without being convicted of a crime or committing treason. Santos, a New York Republican who took office last January after winning a seat that Democrats had controlled for the past decade, was expelled in a 3-1-1-2-1-1-4 to 2-vote by the House. More than 100 Republicans joined Democrats in voting for expulsion, which required a 2-3 majority. Two previous bids to remove Santos failed. The push to oust Santos gained bipartisan momentum after the House of Ethics Committee issued a report last month finding substantial evidence that the lawmaker misused campaign donations, suspect purchases included Botox treatments and an only fan's subscription and told a constant series of lies to donors and voters. He also faces a federal criminal indictment of 23 counts of wire fraud, money laundering and other alleged violations. The expulsion vote came one day after another New York Republican representative, Mark Molinaro, argued that Santos was divorced from reality. Speaking on the House floor, Molinaro said he has manufactured his entire life to defraud the voters of his district and on his choice for a member of Congress. He has lied to donors and colleagues taking advantage of election law, using campaign funds to personally benefit himself. And he has defamed not only his office but the institution itself.