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Colleagues. and even though hes presented himself as somewhat of a moderate on the campaign trail, hes now appearing on steve bannon show, alongside matt gates, of all people. i mean -- im concerned about the loss of credibility here, just for the process of campaigns. are you concerned? what is this, rightward, shift? is this what hes always been? >> i dont think that george santos knows what he has always been. the untalented mr. ripley is just emblematic of who the republican party is. but it...

Appointed to this case can you talk us through what we should expect in the next few weeks and months? just like the appointment of the special counsel in the mishandling of classified documents for former president trump, thejustice department had no other recourse but to basically apply at the same process for this unfolding development with the current president, so hopefully the special counsel will try to conduct a fair and impartial investigation that is insulated from any political influe...

Can you talk us through what we should expect in the next few weeks and months? just like the appointment of the special counsel in the mishandling of classified documents for former president trump, thejustice department had no other recourse but to basically apply at the same process for this unfolding development with the current president, so hopefully the special counsel will try to conduct a fairand impartial investigation that is insulated from any political influence, white house and eve...

Santos to resign, and is raising the claim he was jewish, and has fled the holocaust. both neither of show, saying in a statement, that it is not okay to fabricate, or life, or political gain. this is especially true when the lies seeks benefit from millions of the murder of jewish people. now, there are five others from the new york delegation, calling on him to resign, but very significantly, kevin mccarthy, the house republican, and house speaker, is not doing so. he said, it is up to voters,...

It is one that joe biden carried by eight points. could be a clear pick up opportunity and tighten mccarthys maeshlgrgin in the h. and now for santos, republican leadership indicating he is not going anywhere and the only recourse for the house republicans and democrats to kick him out is to expel him, something that would require two-thirds majority in the house and something that does not exist given the support of the republican leadership. kevin mccarthys contention is let the process play o...

Thats the threshold for needing to keep receipts for a campaign purchase. more than 30 of those expenses for pick that $199.99, just a penny below the reporting threshold. as i said, fishy, fishy enough that yesterday, to other new york congressman, ben goldman and richie torres formally asked the house ethics committee to investigate george santos. joining me now is one of those congressman himself, dan goldman of new york. congressman goldman, first of all, welcome to congress, and thank you f...

Procedures going _ quite some time. in terms of the procedures going forward, - quite some time. in terms of the procedures going forward, we i procedures going forward, we understand that a special counsel has been appointed to this case can you talk us through what we should expect in the next few weeks and months? , , ~ expect in the next few weeks and months? , ~ ., , ., months? just like the appointment of the secial months? just like the appointment of the special counsel— months? just l...

Lying is incomprehensible. theres no way that anyone could have checked all these things. >> supervisor, weve been talking to our congressional reporters on capitol hill today and they say, yes, speaker mccarthy said that the house ethics committee will handle santos now but they said that process is slow and may not go anywhere. since he wouldnt resign, is there anything you and your colleagues in new york are looking at doing or urging congress to do? >> ill tell you, we feel quite helpless an...

Know of, i should say. so he lied about his ethnicity, his religion, his education, his employment history. the list goes on and on. but what we filed this complaint as a committee, to look into his finances, and there are very specific and clear but. and, so thats why we are pursuing this angle, is that his financial disclosures, are incredibly suspicious. he had a windfall for several million dollars, after being in debt and making almost no money, and he gave seven several hundred thousand do...

Lets see what is in them. then we will make a determination what the proper recourse should be. >> i have heard in the past, some members of congress who have been investigated by the house ethics committee have spent millions of dollars on attorneys trying to defend themselves and that if they resign, basically they can save themselves the trouble. the investigation would stop. is that the case, that if he was to resign -- if there was a house ethics investigation and he was to resign, would th...