House Speaker Kevin McCarthy says that he 'always' had some questions related to now-Rep. George Santos' resume amid ongoing revelations about the lies and embellishments by the freshman lawmaker from New York.
sought to play down some of Santos' fabrications"The voters made the decision, and he has a right to serve here," McCarthy told ABC News' Rachel Scott last week. "If there is something that rises to the occasion that he did something wrong, then we'll deal with that at that time."
Speaker of the House Kevin McCarthy, speaks during a news conference in Statuary Hall at the Capitol in Washington, Jan. 12, 2023.McCarthy's latest comments come amid pressure from New York Democrats for him and other GOP leaders to reveal what they knew, if anything, about Santos' false statements on the campaign trail -- particularly after a Times report last week that the embellishments were known among some state Republicans.
Reps. Dan Goldman and Ritchie Torres on Sunday sent a letter to McCarthy, House GOP Conference Chair Elise Stefanik, R-N.Y., and Congressional Leadership Fund President Dan Conston requesting that they each "forthrightly cooperate" with investigations of Santos in the House and elsewhere. "[W]e urge you to inform the American people about your knowledge of Mr. Santos's web of deceit prior to the election," Goldman and Torres wrote.
Stefanik would not discuss Goldman and Torres' letter with reporters on Monday and a spokesperson for CLF declined to comment on it to ABC News. The group did not financially support Santos' election bid last fall.
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