Felony counts doing everything he can to get the case against him then out of courts. There are big developments in beth of those stories, and were going to get to all of them this hour. But if theres one person that embodies the dual crysies facing the gop right now, the dual crises of chaos and Lul Criminality it is this guy, congressman George Santos, a Serial Fabulist who remains in the house despite being charged with 13 counts of fraud, Money Lawderring and theft. That staffer admitted to having made up Fake Campaign donations for Santos Campaign and that Conspiracy Charge is part of the broader case against her boss, George Santos, whos been accused of crimes from defrauding voters to falsifying official paperwork to lying to the government in order to get pandemic aid. So the fact this san toegs Campaign Official is now admitting to that ledge scheme that is bad news for congressman santos. And yet he remains in Good Standing with the house. I mean if anything George Santos is
Capitol police what you knew donald trump had planned . You were in those meetings at the white house. Thats former congresswoman liz cheney calling out fellow republican jim jordan whos now a top candidate to replace Kevin Mccarthy as house speaker. Well have the latest on that race in just a moment. Meanwhile, donald trump could also be on capitol hill next week to endorse jordans bid for speaker. This would be trumps first visit to the capitol since the insurrection he inspired. And this comes as theres an alarming new report from the New York Times on trumps handling of nuclear secrets. Good morning and welcome to Way Too Early on this friday, october 6th. We made it to friday just barely. Im jonathan lemire. Thanks for starting your day with us. And well begin this morning with the race for the speaker of the house. Currently only two announced candidates are in the running. House Judiciary Committee House Judiciary Chair jim jordan and majority leader Steve Scalise. Jordan is alr