“The House Ethics Committee released an extraordinary statement today regarding embattled Rep. George Santos (R-NY),” Punchbowl News reports.
“The Ethics Committee announced it was looking into Santos’ behavior back in early March, and it has continued with its investigation despite the fact that the Justice Department and other law-enforcement agencies were conducting criminal probes. Usually, Ethics will defer while a criminal probe is underway. But not in this case.”
“This once again demonstrates how badly Republicans want to move against Santos. There’s no effort inside the Ethics Committee to protect him, or there doesn’t appear to be. As much as the panel tries to avoid partisanship, it’s often a huge factor in what happens internally at the Ethics Committee. Not here.”
