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The most are the voters who voted for this fraud because they did not know that he was a fraud, but now that the truth is out, the republicans should be calling for this man to have some decency and step down. there are lies and then there are lies, and this man is cold. lies -- >> john, there are three republican so far who have spoken out. theyre not in leadership, their new republicans the congress. congressman-elect nick loda, congressman-elect dan esposito and mike waller basically what nic...

This has been litigated. it went all the way up to the supreme court in the 1960s. if he meets the basic requirements meaning hes at least 25 years old, has lived in the country for -- been a citizen for at least seven years and lives in the state where he wants to represent his district, theres nothing that they can do to stop him from being seated. they can expel him with a two-thirds vote but thats a big task and a little further down the road. >> yeah, you know new york as well or better tha...

Look into these issues and do their best to investigate, and explore these issues. unfortunately, this race was not considered a high-profile race. and im very contentious -- midterm election year, very contentious race for governor, try as we might, we couldnt get a number of these issues on the radar, that was very unfortunate. but it does give an important lesson of what we have to support and pay attention to our local media. that is the answer for protecting our democracy. >> robert, what r...

That interview? >> theres two that have emerged. they havent even been seated in congress yet. congressman nick lelota, and potentially law enforcement involved as well if any. while congress man-elect esposito has urged santos to pursue a path of honest did i, and people are deeply hurt a and -- still no word from republican leader kevin mccarthy or other top house republicans. although santos has routinely said he embellished, he hasnt owned up in a clear way. heres another exchange on for exa...

Committee or any national security committee, any committee involving china, technology, judiciary, financial regulation, anything where you would need clear transparency on his relationship with donors like its a real problem for the republican party. >> yeah, that leads me to my next question, lauren, i mean, yeah, can he be barred from serving in certain committees? i mean what are the options to discipline santos if he is, indeed, seated next week? >> yeah, i mean this is going to be a key q...

Top to bottom. he downplayed it as resume embellishment, something we all do, we all embellish our residents. is that all this is? >> you cant believe anything he says. it is not just, not just job history, not just his educational history. even down to his claim that one of his companys lost for employees in a nightclub shooting six years ago, it turns out that is not actually true. there are people who were going to work for him. there are questions about his background in brazil, there is a m...

Axios managing editor. starting with you, margaret, congressman elect santos has admitted to fabricating his entire resume. top to bottom. he down played it as resume embellishment. something we all do. we all embellish our resumes. is that all this is? >> you literally cant believe anything he says. its not just not that any of this is okay. its no the just his job history is not just his educational history. even to his claim that one of his companies lost four employees in the nightclub shoot...

Or not those legal -- the potential illegalities here could prevent him from doing that but right now it looks as though were headed for george santos becoming a member of congress and being seated. >> well, well see how this all plays out. well have to leave it there. laura barron-lopez and norm eisen, thank you both. any moment the supreme court could issue a long anticipated decision that will have a massive impact on the southern border. we will discuss with the former secretary of homelan...

Who lied about so many things on his resume, perhaps that could lead to a certain number of people speaking out but at this point, thats a very separate question and once hes seated, the bar for expelling him from congress from whatever might be found from any investigation would be high a two-thirds vote of the house and of course, republicans are going to be controlling the house and thats a very unlikely situation. >> great to see you. thank you very much. thanks for that. as always. want t...

Rebuttal on the exhaustive lis of apparent fabrications and lies about the very basi biographical detail he offered to voters in nassau county these are basicall biographical details that ca be verified. which schools he went to, well -- where he made his money, who donated or contributed t $700,000 if it wasnt him. even whether his grandparent truly fled jewish persecutio in europe. additionally, its come to lif that he failed to tell the public that he was formall married to a woman, new york ...