After being caught on camera saying George Santos is “not a good person,” the congressman's now former communications director wrote in her resignation letter, “Unfortunately, you never took one point of professional advice given.” (via MaddowBlog)
yesterday, Garcia was effectively trying to call the question: Would GOP lawmakers vote to expel a scandal-plagued member of their own party, or would they agree to keep around a proven liar and an accused felon who last week confessed to theft?
As it turns out, House Republican leaders gave their members a third option: Punt the whole mess to the Ethics Committee, giving the party a temporary reprieve. As the process moves forward, there’s one other angle worth keeping an eye on. As NBC News’ report added, Rep. Dan Goldman, a former federal prosecutor, suggested that the Ethics Committee would not act on the resolution and would instead defer to the Justice Department, making yesterday’s developments moot.
“Prosecutors are going to ask the Ethics Committee to pause and let their prosecution go first,” the New York Democrat said. “That’s what I did for 10 years. That is the nature of how these things work. And traditionally, the Ethics Committee will defer to the Department of Justice for criminal prosecution, and [House Speaker] Kevin McCarthy knows that.”added a twist this morning.
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