Jan. 25, 2023: George Santos has $199 problems

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🗓️ 25 January 2023

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Summary

On Tuesday, Kevin McCarthy officially booted Reps. Adam Schiff and Eric Swalwell from the House Intelligence Committee. In a letter that was short on details about the two California Democrats’ sins, the new House speaker referred to “integrity,” “honesty” and “credibility” as driving his decision. It is no surprise that reporters immediately asked McCarthy how his expulsion of the two Democrats for alleged dishonesty squares with his hands-off approach to another well-known congressman: Rep. George Santos (R-N.Y.), who has lied about … well, pretty much everything … and was recently given assignments on two House committees. Our colleague Jessica Piper reports this morning on some rather unusual disbursements included in Santos’ campaign finance reports. “Santos’ congressional campaign reported dozens of transactions just cents below the threshold that would have triggered a requirement to preserve spending records — an unusual spending pattern that is now part of broader complaints about alleged financial improprieties." Subscribe to the POLITICO Playbook newsletter

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0:00.0	Presented by Amazon.
0:03.2	Good morning, Playbookers.
0:05.1	I'm Ragu Mn Mavalin.
0:06.1	Here are the big things we're tracking on Wednesday, January 25th.
0:10.7	House Speaker Kevin McCarthy officially booted representatives Adam Schiff and Eric Swalwell
0:16.0	from the House Intelligence Committee.
0:18.0	In a letter that was short on details about the two men's sins,
0:22.2	the new house speaker referred to integrity, honesty, and credibility as driving his decision.
0:28.5	In a joint statement, Schiff, Swalwell, and Representative Ilhan Omar, who McCarthy has threatened
0:34.1	to remove from the House Foreign Affairs Committee, said McCarthy had struck a
0:38.2	corrupt bargain in his desperate and nearly failed attempt to win the speakership, a bargain that
0:44.1	required political vengeance against the three of us. It is maybe no surprise that reporters
0:50.3	immediately asked McCarthy how his expulsion of the two Democrats for alleged dishonesty
0:55.5	squares with his hands-off approach to another well-known congressman, Representative George Santos,
1:01.9	who was lied about, well, pretty much everything. Santos was recently given assignments on the
1:07.5	House Small Business Committee and the House Science, Space, and Technology Committee.
1:12.1	McCarthy for the first time, laid down some specific criteria for what it would take to move
1:16.8	against the Long Island Fabulous.
1:19.1	McCarthy told reporters that if the Ethics Committee found that Santos broke the law, then we will
1:24.5	remove him.
1:26.8	Given the latest Santos news, it looks like the committee will be busy with referrals.
1:32.4	Politico's data reporter, Jessica Piper, has a story up this morning on some rather unusual
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