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>> reporter: some raising national security concerns given santos is potentially facing fraud charges in brazil. >> hes got a long way to go to earn trust. there are concerns with him. he will go before ethics. if anything is found to be wrong, he will be held accountable exactly as anybody else in this body would be. >> reporter: if santos resigned he would vacate a district president biden won by eight points giving democrats a chance to cut into mccarthys razor thin house majority. >> is this...

From this administration what happened before every single election, whatever comes out that they utilize to try to falsify it, they try to have different standards for their own beliefs, that doesnt work in america. yes. >> do you trust someone who has admitted to lying about major aspects of his past, could be facing fraud charges from brazil, to have access to top secret information. >> i dont see any way that hes going to have top secret -- if youre referring to goreorge santos. you apply th...

Be equal to all. and we found from this administration what happened before. every single election, whatever comes out, they utilize to try to falsify it, try to have different standards for their own beliefs, that doesnt work in america. >> reporter: do you trust someone who has admitted to lying, could be facing fraud charges to have access to top-secret information -- >> i dont see any way -- youre referring to george santos. hes got a long way to earn trust. you apply the constitution equal ...

Conference. >> reporter: some raising national security concerns given santos is potentially phasing fraud charges in brazil. >> hes got a long way to go to earn trust. there are concerns with him. he will go before ethics. if anything is found to be wrong, he will be held accountable exactly as anybody else in this body would be. >> reporter: if santos resigned, hed vacate a district president biden won by eight points, given democrats a chance to cut into mccarthys razor-thin majority. >> is t...

Ive lived an honest life, ive never been accused, more lies. the question is, a lot of republicans think this is terrible for the brand. whats going to happen? >> reporter: more lies and he has admitted to a lot of those lies and could be facing potential fraud charges in brazil, all raising questions about whether he can effectively serve this district. in talking to a number of new york republicans, the answer is they believe he cannot serve effectively and more and more republicans are callin...

Law to all americans. >> do you see this matter regarding the classified documents found in president bidens home going before that committee? >> i see it could go from that committee or others. congress has to investigate this. here is an individual in office for more than 40 years, an individual that sat on 60 minutes so concerned about president trumps documents locked behind and now we find just as the vice president keeping it for years out in the open in different locations. i do not think...

The time was a victim of santos fraud, losing over $1,300 when santos forged the checks. he recounted the experience in an interview last week. >> translator: unlike being muguruzaed mugged, you feel bad. bun someone steelistealing, it worse. >> reporter: santos confessed he forged the signature seen on these checks. but after that confession, police in brazil say santos disappeared, unable to locate santos for nearly a decade, they suspended the investigation and the statute of limitations as a...

Press. [speaking non-english] >> translator: unlike been mugged by someone with a gun who robs, you might be angry. ive been deceived, someone acting in bad faith still for me, to me its an even worse feeling. >> reporter: santos told police at the time, he was an american with dual citizenship, and confessed he forged the signature scene on these, checks according to the documents. but after that confession, police in brazil say santos disappeared, unable to locate santos for nearly a decade, t...

Argument, and morality doesnt really have much of a place in politics at this moment. >> well. >> and, no, this person would not stay in the democratic caucus, i dont believe. i think that this would be a different circumstance if it were the democratic caucus to answer that question. >> thank you. charlie, this is a morality question today, but these are the investigations that we know about. the u.s. attorneys office is investigating his finances. its based on reporting from cbs and the "new y...

You you can pursue a murder case in the absence of a body but they want to leave no stone unturned so if that becomes that, theyre ready and willing and able to move forward with a vigorous prosecution. >> now one interesting detail here is he was wearing an ankle bracelet prior for fraud charges, federal fraud case i believe. does that factor into, well, for instance, their ability to hold him? >> well ill tell you what it factors into. because of that fraud case, he was required to report, rig...