• Neuromancer@lemm.eeM
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    11 months ago

    Most resign. Very few people are removed. It’s not a minor violation. It’s fairly severe.

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      11 months ago

      Really? Then it should be easy for you to find a couple examples, right?

      For the record, I understand the ethics violation to be the acceptance of gifts in the 4-digit range. I wouldn’t count that as “fairly severe”, but if you have examples of similar ethics violations being classified as such, I’ll happily change my mind.

      To keep the comparison going, Santos’ fraud seems to have been in the 6 digits:

      In addition, understanding that the national party committee relied on FEC fundraising data to evaluate candidates’ qualification for the program, Santos and Marks agreed to falsely report to the FEC that Santos had loaned the campaign significant sums of money, when, in fact, Santos had not made the reported loans and, at the time the loans were reported, did not have the funds necessary to make such loans.  These false reported loans included a $500,000 loan, when Santos had less than $8,000 in his personal and business bank accounts. 

      If AOC ethics violation with 4 digits was “fairly severe”, Santos must be at least majorly severe, right? Why do the majority of house republicans not want him expelled for major ethics violations, much bigger than AOCs?