House Votes Down Expelling Reps. Santos and Tlaib Despite Controversies

U.S. House voted against expelling Rep. George Santos despite his facing 23 federal corruption charges. Vote fell short of two-thirds majority needed.

Santos pleaded not guilty to charges including laundering funds to pay personal expenses and illegally receiving unemployment benefits.

Resolution to expel was delayed for weeks amid House leadership turmoil following Kevin McCarthy's difficult path to speakership.

Separately, House voted down resolution to censure Rep. Rashida Tlaib over speaking at pro-Palestinian rally where protesters were arrested.

House Ethics Committee contacting 40 witnesses and reviewing over 170,000 pages of documents in probe of allegations against Santos.