George Santos STEPS DOWN from committees over fabricated past

The Long Island liar, Rep. George Santos, told his Republican colleagues Tuesday morning that he will recuse himself from House committees after he fabricated a large part of his biography. 

Santos has been under fire since December after The New York Times initially reported that he had lied on his campaign website about where he attended college and working for high-powered financial institutions including Citigroup and Goldman Sach.  

His backstory unraveled from there. 

Polling from Newsday and Siena College showed that 78 percent of Santos’ New York constituents believe he should resign. 

While lawmakers can be expelled from Congress – the more typical punishment for members behaving badly has been to strip them of their committee assignments. 

 The Long Island liar, Rep. George Santos, told his Republican colleagues Tuesday morning that he will recuse himself from House committees after he fabricated a large part of his biography

During the last Congress, Democrats voted to remove Republican Reps. Marjorie Taylor Greene and Paul Gosar from committees after their social media posts showed violence against Democratic members including then House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez. 

As the new GOP-led Congress kicks off, House Speaker Kevin McCarthy unilaterally removed Democratic Reps. Adam Schiff and Eric Swalwell from the House Intelligence Committee.

He justified the action by saying that Schiff, the former chairman of the Intelligence Committee, lied about Russiagate and Hunter Biden’s laptop, while he pointed to Swalwell’s entanglement with an alleged Chinese spy. 

Schiff said he was being punished for his role in former President Donald Trump’s first impeachment.