Former New York Rep. George Santos is expected to plead guilty Monday to federal charges relating to fraudulent activity during his 2022 midterm campaign, according to multiple sources familiar with the deal.
Santos, who was expelled from the House last year, has pleaded not guilty to 23 federal charges, including allegations of fraud related to Covid-19 unemployment benefits, misusing campaign funds and lying about his personal finances on House disclosure reports.
CNN has reached out to Santos, his attorney and the US Eastern District of New York prosecutor’s office for comment.
Santos previously represented New York’s 3rd Congressional District on Long Island. He is the sixth lawmaker ever to be expelled from the chamber and the first House member to be expelled without having been convicted or having supported the Confederacy.
While the New York lawmaker had survived previous attempts to oust him before he was kicked out of the House last year, momentum mounted after the House Ethics Committee released a long-awaited report that concluded that the congressman had “sought to fraudulently exploit every aspect of his House candidacy for his own personal financial profit.”
The resolution to expel him passed 311 to 114, with 105 Republicans voting with the overwhelming majority of Democrats in favor of his expulsion.
This report has been updated with additional information.
CNN’s Clare Foran and Haley Talbot contributed to this report.