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$199.99. santos. style these orders of all is, cheeses, squash blossoms, -- word because that's what he wanted to event. because he was specifically crafting's order to get as close as possible to that magic number on the santos bell. and even with that much effort, alex could not do. at his bill came out to $194.89, and with 12 blow well past the 200 threshold. today, i watchdog it is asian called accountable dot u.s. filed complaint against george santos, -- misuse campaign funds for personal expenses. that's the second fcc complaint filed against santos this week. it comes on top of eight's...

That's 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 for being with us this evening. >> great to be with you, alex. >> so, just to get a sense of how muc...

Against mr. santos citing a series of different kind of campaign finance related issues. one of the key ones that they pointed out, first, sudden now reporting has to do with a bunch of these kind of odd expenditures for $199.99. this was kind of a funny one. we are reporting that no one was really sure exactly what that 200 dollar limit was. but it turns out that that this sort of a threshold in which you are absolutely required to keep receipts for your expenses. and, so, in fact there are i think 37 of these charges for all sorts of different things. so, that is one thing that the campaign ...

$199.99. seems too much of a coincidence 37 of those? >> his lawyer doesn't seem to think so. the one defending him. yeah. just so, there are, is a virtual zopos of shoes waiting to drop with the investigations currently into this. soon to be a member of congress. assuming he gets that far tomorrow. but it really is, there is a limitation to what can happen here. if he doesn't resign. is, will ultimately be up to his colleagues in the house and voters down the line whether he gets in. >> and george santos a member of congress and kevin mccarthy cuts a deal to get to be speaker, agreeing to a c...

For santos. federal and local prosecutors now investigating the incoming congressman, who is set to be sworn in next week. joining me now former rnc communications director doug high and scott jennings, former special assistant to president george bush. all right, doug, in your professional opinion, can santos survive this? or would you advise him to step down? >> well, if we were talking five years ago, i would say there's no way that he could survive anything like this. but what we have seen over the last several years, you're allowed to get away with a lot more. the question here, and thi...