House Speaker Kevin McCarthy said that he would like to refer the issue of accusations against Rep. George Santos (R-N.Y.) to the House Ethics Committee to consider.
“I don’t want to wait around for the courts to act,” McCarthy told reporters on May 16.
“What I would like to do is have the house take action and have a process here. So let’s send it to ethics, which has an equal number of Republicans and Democrats. I think they could do this work rather rapidly and come back and report to the full House.”
The House Speaker also reiterated previous comments that there is “a process” and Santos, like other lawmakers who have been accused of crimes, is considered innocent until proven guilty….