Because it first emerged final month that newly elected consultant George Santos is a serial liar who fabricated giant components of his marketing campaign biography—and that’s to say nothing of the lies he’s advised to journalists, boyfriends, and roommates alike—the New York Republican has steadfastly refused to resign, successfully telling his legion of critics to f–k off. On Tuesday, although, the GOP lawmaker determined, fairly uncharacteristically, to again away from the limelight, a transfer that means…properly, numerous issues, however we’ll get to these later.
After assembly privately with Home Speaker Kevin McCarthy on Monday evening, Santos advised colleagues the subsequent morning that he would quickly take away himself from his assignments on the Home’s small enterprise and science, area, and know-how committees. Chatting with reporters on Tuesday, McCarthy stated that the choice to step down was made by Santos. Why the sudden about-face? Contemplating whom we’re coping with right here, it’s very troublesome to know what to consider—however we do have just a few theories.
He thinks he’s going to discover a solution to “clear” his title
This isn’t a lot a concept; somewhat, it’s apparently what Santos has stated. In keeping with McCarthy, Santos will sit out the committee assignments “till he [can] clear all the things up.” This makes excellent sense given the various lies he’s already admitted to in addition to the even larger variety of lies the media has comprehensively disproved.
He thinks recusing himself from the committee assignments will take the warmth off of the varied investigations into his lies
Santos is below investigation by a number of workplaces, together with these of the Nassau County and Queens County district attorneys, federal prosecutors in New York, and the New York lawyer common. (There’s additionally a name for an investigation by the Home Ethics Committee, amongst different issues.) The probes are trying into not solely lies about his résumé, like that he labored at Goldman Sachs and Citigroup, but in addition potential marketing campaign finance violations. “Nobody is above the legislation, and if a criminal offense was dedicated on this county, we’ll prosecute it,” Nassau County district lawyer Anne Donnelly beforehand stated in an announcement. It’s under no circumstances unreasonable to assume that Santos believes he can get prosecutors and different investigators to again off by stepping again.
He’s conscious that one thing much more damning than all of the stuff we already know is about to return out
We’ve solely identified that Santos is a pathological liar for a bit of over a month, however he has presumably been spinning an internet of lies for a few years. It’s protected to imagine that many, many extra falsehoods will floor, and it’s attainable they might be even worse than those we already know. Possibly they must do with the Ponzi scheme. Possibly, just like how he stated his maternal grandparents fled Hitler, he advised folks his paternal grandparents fled a North Korean jail camp—and that, oh yeah, he’s Korean. The potential record is really countless, and perhaps he thinks folks will lose curiosity in revealing these lies if he takes a decrease profile.
He’s grown uninterested in the drama
Chatting with reporters on Tuesday, Consultant Marjorie Taylor Greene stated of Santos: “He simply felt like there was a lot drama, actually, over the state of affairs.”
Sadly, there’s completely no indication that Santos isn’t loving all of this; in reality, plainly he most definitely is (see: leaving espresso and doughnuts for reporters exterior his workplace).
McCarthy advised him he needed to do it
