WASHINGTON — House Speaker Kevin McCarthy said George Santos, the embattled freshman representative from New York, could be removed from office if the chamber’s Ethics Committee determined that he had broken the law — but not until then.
“Now, I will hold him to the same standard I hold anyone else elected to Congress,” McCarthy told reporters Tuesday night.
Santos, who presented a largely fictitious version of himself when he ran for a House seat that encompasses parts of Long Island and the New York borough of Queens, has been denounced by prominent members of both parties. Two fellow Republican lawmakers from New York have called for his resignation.
