Jan. 25, 2023: George Santos has $199 problems
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\u2019\xa0 sins, the new House speaker referred to \u201cintegrity,\u201d \u201chonesty\u201d and \u201ccredibility\u201d as driving his decision.\nIt 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 \u2026 well, pretty much everything \u2026 and was recently given assignments on two House committees.\nOur colleague Jessica Piper reports this morning on some rather unusual disbursements included in Santos\u2019 campaign finance reports.\n\u201cSantos\u2019 congressional campaign reported dozens of transactions just cents below the threshold that would have triggered a requirement to preserve spending records \u2014 an unusual spending pattern that is now part of broader complaints about alleged financial improprieties."\nSubscribe to the POLITICO Playbook newsletter