George Santos ends congressional run less than 2 months into independent campaign

Former U.S. Rep. George Santos has announced the extremity of his autarkic run to re-enter the House little than 2 months into his run.

Santos was moving to unseat Rep. Nick LaLota — a Republican who represents New York's 1st Congressional District — aft being expelled from Congress earlier this year.

"I person decided to retreat from my autarkic tally for NY-1," Santos announced via societal media connected Tuesday. "I don’t privation my tally to beryllium portrayed arsenic a reprisal against Nick Lalota"

EXPELLED GEORGE SANTOS ANNOUNCES BID FOR RETURN TO CONGRESS AS INDEPENDENT

Then-Rep. George Santos poses for a photograph extracurricular the U.S. Capitol aft the House failed to walk the Spending Reduction and Border Security Act. (Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images)

"Although Nick and I don’t person the aforesaid voting grounds and I stay captious of his abysmal record, I don’t privation to divided the summons and beryllium liable for handing the location to Dems," Santos continued, citing r. "It is wide that with the emergence of antisemitism successful our state we cannot spend to manus the location to Dems arsenic they person a precise ample contented with antisemitism successful their ranks."

The freshman lawmaker was expelled a twelvemonth into his archetypal word successful the House successful the aftermath of a damning House Ethics Committee study that recovered helium misused run funds connected luxury items and OnlyFans, among different things.

He has not been convicted of a crime, but helium has been indicted connected aggregate counts related to ligament fraud, individuality theft, falsification of records, recognition paper fraud and different charges. He has pleaded not guilty.

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Rep. Nick Lalota leaves a gathering of the House Republican Conference successful the U.S. Capitol. (Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images)

Santos launched his autarkic run for NY-1 successful March, contempt having antecedently represented a antithetic New York district.

His run committee reported zero expenditures and zero fundraising income successful a filing to the Federal Elections Commission.

"The aboriginal holds countless possibilities and I americium acceptable consenting and capable to measurement up to the sheet and spell combat for my state astatine anytime," Santos said connected Tuesday. "I volition proceed to enactment successful the nationalist argumentation discussions and volition bash my part."

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Then-Rep. George Santos waits for the commencement of a league successful the House enclosure arsenic the House meets for the 4th time to elite a talker and convene the 118th Congress successful Washington, D.C. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

He concluded, "I volition ever strive to basal connected the close broadside of history. It’s lone goodbye for now, I’ll beryllium back."