Add Your Name: Congress must pass the Freedom to Vote Act.
Serial liar George Santos has just been charged with 10 new counts of conspiracy, wire fraud, identity theft, and falsifying campaign finance records.
His official response to this indictment? "It wasn't me!" [1]
But John, you and I know better than to trust Santos on his word.
The Justice Department already indicted him on 13 other counts – including embezzling donor money from his campaign, money laundering, and lying to the House of Representatives. On top of that, he lied to voters about nearly every part of his identity to take office.
If we can’t trust him to be honest about who he is, we can’t trust him to serve in Congress and represent our country.
George Santos wants a government that’s more corrupt and less accountable – but we can’t allow his deceit and corruption to move our country backwards. Add your name if you agree: Congress must pass the Freedom to Vote Act.
George Santos misled and lied to hundreds of thousands of voters about his identity, his finances, and what he was doing with their money – deceiving every one of his constituents to gain power.
And once he got to Congress, he got straight to work undermining the guardrails designed to catch the corruption he was engaging in. His first vote was to weaken the Office of Congressional Ethics, and he recently cosponsored the extremist “ACE” Act which would give big money interests more influence in our elections.
But John, Common Cause members like you stepped up to push back against Santos’ lies, with over 50,000 of you signing our petitions demanding his resignation.
Now, it seems like our leaders are finally responding to our calls for justice. The House Ethics Committee is investigating Santos, and just yesterday, New York Republicans in the U.S. House announced a resolution to expel him from office. [2]
We must seize this opportunity for accountability and reform. Add your name to demand Congress pass the Freedom to Vote Act to prevent this kind of corruption.
I’m so grateful that we can count on Common Cause members like you to fight for honesty and accountability in government. Our democracy depends on it.
Thanks for all you do,
Aaron Scherb, Senior Director of Legislative Affairs
and the team at Common Cause
[1] https://www.politico.com/live-updates/2023/10/11/congress/santos-shaggy-defense-plea-deal-00120918
[2] https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/oct/11/george-santos-republican-resolution-expel-house
