Key takeaways:
- Two Democratic lawmakers from New York called on GOP leaders to cooperate with investigations into freshman Rep. George Santos.
- The letter urged the GOP leaders to inform the American people about their knowledge of Mr. Santo’s web of deceit prior to the election.
- The House Committee on Ethics is currently investigating the matter.
Two Democratic lawmakers from New York on Sunday called on GOP leaders to cooperate with investigations into freshman Rep. George Santos, the Republican who confessed to fabricating large parts of his résumé. In a letter Sunday, Reps. Dan Goldman and Ritchie Torres asked Speaker Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., House GOP caucus chair Rep. Elise Stefanik, R-N.Y., and Congressional Leadership Fund president Dan Conston to “proactively and forthrightly cooperate with all current and future investigations into Mr. Santos, including the investigation by the House Committee on Ethics that Speaker McCarthy confirmed this week.”
In addition, the lawmakers urged the GOP leaders to inform the American people about their knowledge of Mr. Santo’s web of deceit prior to the election.
On Sunday, Rep. Daniel Goldman, a former US attorney in New York and lead counsel for the Democrats in the first impeachment trial of former President Trump, was asked if he thought it was a mistake to appoint a special counsel to investigate Mr. Santos. Goldman said, “I don’t think it was a mistake.”
The investigation into Mr. Santos’ background comes after he admitted to falsifying parts of his résumé, including his educational background and military service. The House Committee on Ethics is currently investigating the matter.
The letter from Reps. Goldman and Torres is the latest development in the ongoing investigation into Mr. Santos. It remains to be seen what the outcome of the investigation will be, and whether the GOP leaders will cooperate with the investigation as requested.
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