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  Congress can expel its own members at any time. If the seat is vacant, a new special election would likely be held and governors can almost always fill these vacancies carte blanche on at least a temporary basis.
context: The man got $750,000 in campaign donations he passed off as his own money and reported it as his own money. That’s fraud no matter how you slice it. That it reportedly came from a Putin ally is the least surprising revelation. >
  
  Also please correct me if I'm spreading Reddit rumors, but didn't he also not live at the address he put down for his paperwork? That has to be illegal in some way. >
  
  You'd think so, wouldn't you? Turns out our democracy has been held together by rubber bands and gentleman's agreements this entire time. >
  
  That works when politicians are, at their core, gentlemen (or gentlewomen). This batch of Red-Hatted Frauds is not. >
  
  and he's admittedly been to Moscow many times....wonder where that 700K came from? >
  
  Sounds good to me >
  
  Wait, so I can file the paperwork to run as a candidate for congress under the banner of one of two major national parties, win the primary, win the general and nobody will verify any of my personal bio that I've put forward until after I've won? 
  Crazy that being submitted to a basic background check isn't part of the process for running and journalists aren't doing them independently trying to sniff out liars for stories and articles before elections. Why wait until now to look into these things? >
  
  I agree 100% it comes under the wtf clause >
  
  100% he'll get busted for wire fraud. Slam dunk prosecution. >
  
  It seems impossible to me that they won't find something criminal.  He's reckless, deceitful, stupid and obviously highly immoral. Kind of a bad combination if you're looking to stay out of prison.  If he were a billionaire maybe but he's not anywhere close to that. >
  
  Oh lying is a crime now?  After the last 6 years?  Lord take me, I’m ready when you are. >
  
  r/noahgettheboat >
  
  I know that, barring new developments, the house will have to seat him. But if he can then be expelled or something afterwards, what happens? His opponent wins? They have a new election?