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hlthe2b

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2. There is no constitutional provision for recall so only if he resigns his seat OR

Reply to Person of Interest (Original post)

Fri Dec 23, 2022, 06:00 PM

Dec 2022

the state AG finds some way to prosecute him on fraud-related grounds and somehow convinces him to plea-bargain including resigning the seat. Theoretically, a sitting Congressman could (and have) served while under indictment and even potentially in prison.

And all that is assuming that there are some grounds to prosecute him (at all) as well as on sufficient charges to leverage the seat. He's certainly not likely to be shamed into resigning.

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Did George Santos lie about everything? [View all] Person of Interest Dec 2022 OP

How did the Dems not find and make hay with this during the campaign? dutch777 Dec 2022 #1

Some of the lies were found out during the election and the dem tried Bev54 Dec 2022 #7

There is no constitutional provision for recall so only if he resigns his seat OR hlthe2b Dec 2022 #2

"He's certainly not likely to be shamed into resigning." yep, he achieved a win for his grift BlueWaveNeverEnd Dec 2022 #3

Each chamber has the authority to deny a seat to somebody who won the election Darwins_Retriever Dec 2022 #4

You really think that with R's coming in as majority & dependant on that seat, that hlthe2b Dec 2022 #5

Better question Jilly_in_VA Dec 2022 #6

Apparently. marybourg Dec 2022 #8