I have written that Bowman confessed before it became necessary to take him to court. The very link you provided includes the following statement by Bowman: "I am embarrassed to admit that I activated the fire alarm, mistakenly thinking it would open the door." This admission was made before court action and, at least in the minds of the House Committee on Ethics, obviated the need for any such action because it was a clear admission of guilt, so how you have reached the conclusion that I have lied about this confession I do not know. Certainly, this admission came under pressure, but unless you are trying to argue that it cannot be a "confession" because it came only under pressure, then I do not see the hair you are trying to split. I have plainly stated my own opinion that he should be expelled--even if it is only because he is too stupid to know the difference between a door handle and a fire alarm.
Pursuant to House Rule XI Clause 3(q)(1), today the Chairman of the Committee on Ethics, Representative Michael Guest, and the Ranking Member, Representative Susan Wild, submitted a report to the House of Representatives in the Matter of Allegations Relating to Representative George Santos. The...
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I have attached the link to the statement issued by the House Committee on Ethics upon conclusion of its investigation of George Santos. It reads:
"The ISC [Investigative Subcommittee] unanimously concluded that there was substantial evidence that Representative George Santos: knowingly caused his campaign committee to file false or incomplete reports with the Federal Election Commission; used campaign funds for personal purposes; engaged in fraudulent conduct in connection with RedStone Strategies LLC; and engaged in knowing and willful violations of the Ethics in Government Act as it relates to his Financial Disclosure (FD) Statements filed with the House. In light of the ongoing criminal investigation into Representative Santos, and the ISC’s findings of additional uncharged and unlawful conduct by Representative Santos, the ISC recommended that the Committee immediately refer these allegations to the Department of Justice."
If Santos' referral to the DOJ by the Ethics Committee does not rise to the level of "formal sanctions," then I do not know what does.