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house republican leadership offices for reaction to the questions surrounding george santos but has so far received no response. george santos could be seated in the house of representatives in just five days. as former congressman steve israel wrote in a new piece in the atlantic, how a perfectly normal new york suburban elected a con man -- quote, the caucus of unhinged representatives, the marjorie taylor greene's, the lauren boebert's, that matt gates is, has just increased by one. joining us now is azi paybarah, breaking politics news reporter for the washington post. azi, you were great last night. we had to bring you back. it's only been 24 hours since we talked about this very issue. can you walk us through some of the new developments? u>> oh, boy. perhaps the biggest new development has been the nassau county district attorney has said that she will look into whether or not george santos has broken any laws.
given the circumstances -- republican congressman elect george santos is still talking. >> we can debate my resume and how i worked with firm such as -- >> is it debatable or is it just falls? >> we can have this discussion that's going to be way above the american peoples heads. you >> are saying this discussion is going to go way above the heads of the american people, basically insulting their intelligence. it's hard to imagine how that could trust your explanations when you are not even really willing to admit the depth of your deception to them. >> that was last night. set aside that they to these tulsi gabbard filling in for tucker carlson on fox that led to that unexpected public accountability. i did not have than that on my bingo card, guaranteed. but after that, george santos did another interview. our next guest, the washington post azi paybarah, warned last night that the more more george
trying to make those kinds of predictions -- the question is, is there legal mechanism to prevent him from being seated? if they are a federal or criminal charges, perhaps. if the house leaders take action, maybe. but so far, he has won an election that is on his way to being seated and that's not to say that he will be productive. that's not to say his colleagues will welcome him him with open arms and. when you have this cloud hanging over you, in the day-to-day work of providing contingent services, providing for legislation, all of that could get crowded out by the constant series of questions about where his money came from and what else might he not be truthful about -- are probably going to overshadow any of the things he tries to do once in office. >> not to mention an indictment. but anyway -- azi paybarah, thank you very much for joining us again tonight. >> thanks for having me. >> joining us now, former new