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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]His campaign finance forms are, predictably, a big fat mess. This is going to be what eventually gets rid of him IMO.
“Santos’ campaign filings, however, have been inconsistent in reporting whether his reported loans, including $80,000 in June 2021 and $500,000 in March 2022, were made with his own money. There were inconsistencies even on the amended forms submitted Tuesday.”
https://apnews.com/article/politics-district-of-columbia-congress-george-santos-campaign-finance-f58dc7242796327d81738559885e9078[/quote]

Yep, he's going to get charged with violating campaign finance laws by making fraudulent disclosures.  I really can't believe McCarthy isn't getting ahead of this.  Kicking Swalwell and Schiff off Intel while handing committee assignments to this obvious fraudster and criminal is a really bad look.  [/quote]
Not to the people McCarthy has to answer to.[/quote]

He's safe in his own district, but if he wants to remain as speaker he's got to think about how this plays in the swing districts that gave the GOP its very narrow majority.  And how it's going to play in Santos's district when he eventually gets charged and then there's a special election.  [/quote]

Special elections aren't instant. The Ds are down one vote until the end of February waiting on one. I don't think McCarthy can afford to be down a vote for any length of time, especially when the democrats are about to be up one vote. [/quote]

Yes, I understand that.  But Santos isn't going to make it more than a couple months here.  He's committed some very blatant crimes.  If he's not charged by April, I will be shocked.  McCarthy might have salvaged the GOP reputation in that district if he had come down hard on Santos, but his decision to protect him is going to play very badly in that special election when it happens this summer.  So he's traded a few months of Santos's vote for a year and a half of a D vote.  And the next few months are not particularly the important ones.  The bigger votes on approps and whatnot are going to happen this fall and winter while Santos is sitting in a jail cell.  He may not even make it to the first round of the debt ceiling fight later this spring.  [/quote]

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