George Santos to face expulsion vote on Thursday, House speaker says

Mike Johnson says we're going to allow people to vote their conscience' over Republican, fabulist and accused fraudster

• Santos says he won't resign as House expulsion looms - live

The Republican speaker of the US House, Mike Johnson, said the chamber would vote on whether to expel George Santos on Thursday, leaving it up to lawmakers to decide whether the New Yorker should be removed from office for embellishing his resume and allegedly breaking federal law.

What we've said as the leadership team is we're going to allow people to vote their conscience," Johnson told reporters on Capitol Hill on Wednesday.