McCarthy Leaves Open Whether Santos Will Be Removed from Congress After Charges

House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) would not say that Congressman George Santos (R-N.Y.) must leave the House of Representatives as the latter faces criminal charges from the Biden administration’s Justice Department.
“I’ll look at the charges,” McCarthy told reporters on May 9, during a press conference mainly focused on debt ceiling negotiations with President Joe Biden.
President Joe Biden hosts debt limit talks with House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) and other congressional leaders in the Oval Office at the White House in Washington on May 9, 2023. (Reuters/Kevin Lamarque)
The embattled freshman Congressman faces federal charges in the Eastern District of New York. An indictment, unsealed on Wednesday, charged Santos with 13 counts of wire fraud, money laundering, theft of public funds, making materially false statements to the House of Representatives….}