The Republican Party has two major problems on its hands right now, an ungovernable house

majority that is quickly descending into chaos, and a party-standard bearer facing 91 felony

counts who is doing everything he can to get the case against him thrown out of the courts.

There are big developments in both of those stories, and we are going to get to all of them this

hour. But if there is one person who embodies the dual crises facing the GOP right now,

the dual problem of house chaos and alleged Republican criminality, it is this guy. Congressman

George Santos, a serial fabulous, who remains in the House of Representatives despite being charged

with 13 counts of fraud, money laundering, and theft. He's still there. And today, the former

treasurer for Santos' campaign pleaded guilty to a federal conspiracy charge. That staff are admitted

to having made up fake campaign donations for Santos' campaign. And that conspiracy charge is

part of the broader case against her boss, George Santos, who has been accused of crimes that

range from defrauding donors to falsifying official paperwork to lying to the government in order

to get pandemic aid. So the fact that this Santos campaign official is now admitting to some part

of that alleged scheme, that is bad news for George Santos. And yet, Congressman George Santos

remains a member in good standing of the House Republican Conference. He has not been publicly

denounced by a majority of his Republican colleagues the way that, for example, Democratic

Senator Bob Menendez has and continues to be by members of his party for his criminal indictment.

I mean, if anything, George Santos is at the height of his power in this Congress. Because for

the second time in less than a year, Republicans need George Santos, and they need his vote in

particular to stem the chaos in their caucus. Whoever the next Republican speaker is, that person

is going to have to court the likes of George Santos at the same moment that his former staffer

is striking a plea deal with federal prosecutors. The GOP is so fractured that it governs itself

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