“The media continues to make outrageous claims about my life while I am working to deliver results. I will not be distracted nor fazed by this,' Santos said.
15 years later. The reporting follows weeks of revelations that the freshman congressman has lied about everything from his job and education histories to his religion.While Santos received two committee assignments this week in the new GOP-controlled House — Small Business and Science, Space, and Technology — he has continued to face growing calls to resign and a number of local, state and federal inquiries. On Tuesday, Rep. Ritchie Torres, D-N.Y.
“Mr. Santos claims that he earned millions of dollars from clients, yet he has disclosed the names of none of those clients on his congressional financial disclosure, as required by federal law,” Torres added.While not rushing to his defense, House GOP leaders have so far refused to call for Santos to step down.
"I haven't even introduced myself to him because it's pretty despicable the lies that he told," House Oversight and Accountability Chairman James Comer, R-Ky.,. "But at the end of the day, it's not up to me or any other member of Congress to determine whether he could be kicked out for lying. Now if he broke campaign finance laws, then he will be removed from Congress.
"The voters of his district have elected him. He is seated. He is part of the Republican conference," House Speaker Kevin McCarthy"It will play itself out," House GOP Conference Chair Elise Stefanik
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