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Sources tell cnn, the truth challenged gop congressman, george santos, may run for reelection, even as top lawmakers try to oust him. more details tonight from an homage farmer who alleges that santos wrote him bad checks in exchange for puppies in 2017. santos claimed at the time, his checkbook was stolen. his victims think that it is part of the never-ending stream of lies coming from santos. some of his old friends referred to him as a pathological liar. let's ask an expert. joining me now is psychologist christian heart, he's the director of the human deception laboratory at texas women's ...

>> speaker mccarthy of course is still sticking by santos saying he's waiting for the ethics committee. he's refused to call for him to step down, despite the many lies you reference some of them, right, that have been uncovered over the past several weeks. many of these are just simply lies, right? they're absolute lies, separate from other investigations that are now ongoing into whether there's real legal culpability on other things. do you think santos is in congress to stay at this point if mccarthy doesn't change his view? >> well t appears that mr. santos is intent on clinging on for as...

I'm a latino jew. my grandparents survived the holocaust. i also founded my own nonprofit organization. >> reporter: while it's still unclear what is motivating santos' lies, psychologists say there is always a reason. >> people don't lie at random. they believe there won't be repercussions for their lying. and then also they can somehow morally justify they're lying or prove to themselves that they're still an okay person. >> i've lived an honest life. i've never been accused of any bad do. >> reporter: without meeting santos, he can't diagnose him, but says his pervasive lying does say somet...

Quote, sociopath today. >> reporter: the spate of lies from freshman congressman george santos have done more than anger his constituents. it's also raising serious questions about why santos constantly lies. >> when we're talking about pathological lying, we have a clear-cut example in the headlines every day. >> he is a psychologist at texas woman's university. what is a pathological liar? >> someone who has a maladaptive pattern of lying. they lie excessively, telling the lies, and they typically cause a lot of problems in their life, problems in the workplace, sometimes legal problems. >> ...

Lies. they are absolute lies. they are separate from other investigations that are now ongoing into whether there is real legal culpability and other things. do you think santos is in congress to stay at this point? if mccarthy does not change his view? >> it appears that mr. santos is is intent on clinging on for as long as he can. his own reason to maintain office is to maintain leverage for play bargain in the event of criminal prosecution. but i want to be crystal clear. these are not simply lies. he won his congressional seat under fundamentally false pretenses. they are more egregious th...