The 35-year-old New York lawmaker has pleaded not guilty to charges accusing him of crimes including laundering funds to pay for his personal expenses, illegally receiving unemployment benefits and charging donors’ credit cards without their consent.

The former treasurer for Santos’ campaign pleaded guilty on Oct. 5 to a conspiracy charge for inflating fundraising numbers.

“I must warn my colleagues that voting for expulsion at this point would circumvent the judicial system’s right to due process that I’m entitled to and desanctify the long-held premise that one is presumed innocent until proven guilty,” Santos said ahead of the vote.

Expulsion of a lawmaker requires a vote by two-thirds of the chamber. Only five people have been expelled from the House in the country’s history, three for fighting against the U.S. government in the Civil War.

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    Who can talk the most lies (who can talk the most lies)

    Pretend they are a Jew (pretend they are a Jew)

    Cover up with sequins for a contest or two

    The Republican can (the Republican can)

    Oh, the Republican can (the Republican can)

    The Republican can 'cause he mixes it with lies

    And makes his world a falsehood (makes his world a falsehood)

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      The republican fakes;

      obfuscates, opaque,

      always lying and pernicious

      Every statement is fictitious, you could even say malicious