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Rep. George Santos says he will recuse himself from committee assignments amid investigations

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WASHINGTON — Rep. George Santos, R-N.Y., said Tuesday he will recuse himself from his committee assignments amid multiple ongoing investigations into his finances and other issues. “With the ongoing attention surrounding both my personal and campaign financial investigations, I have submitted a request to Speaker McCarthy that I be temporarily recused from my committee assignments until I am cleared," Santos said in a statement.

“This was a decision that I take very seriously,” he added. “The business of the 118th Congress must continue without media fanfare. It is important that I primarily focus on serving the constituents of New York’s Third Congressional District and providing federal level representation without distraction.”

Santos, who has admitted to lying about much of his background and has faced numerous calls to resign from Congress, was assigned seats on the House Small Business and Science committees. He told reporters Tuesday that he is not considering leaving office.

He shared his decision during a closed-door meeting Tuesday morning with the House GOP Conference, Chairwoman Elise Stefanik, R-N.Y., told reporters at a press conference afterward.

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WASHINGTON -- Rep. George Santos, R-N.Y., said Tuesday he will recuse himself from his committee assignments amid multiple ongoing investigations into his finances and other issues.

Santos, who has admitted to lying about much of his background and has faced numerous calls to resign from Congress, was assigned seats on the House Small Business and Science committees. He shared his decision during a closed-door meeting Tuesday morning with the House GOP Conference, Chairwoman Elise Stefanik, R-N.Y., told reporters at a press conference afterward.

Santos told his colleagues that he was stepping aside from committees "to prevent from being a distraction," according to lawmakers in the room. A spokesperson for Santos confirmed his decision to NBC News.

"He has reserved to see it until he has been cleared up both campaign and personal financial investigations," the spokesperson said. The embattled congressman met with House Speaker Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., Monday night.

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Rep. George Santos says he will recuse himself from congressional committees

WASHINGTON -- Rep. George Santos, R-N.Y., told Republican colleagues Tuesday that he plans to recuse himself from his committee assignments until his ongoing ethics issues are resolved, according to two lawmakers in the room.

Santos, who has admitted to lying about much of his background and has faced numerous calls to resign from Congress, was assigned seats on the House Small Business and Science committees. He shared his decision during a closed-door meeting Tuesday morning with the House GOP Conference, the two lawmakers said.

A spokesperson for Santos confirmed his decision to NBC News.

"He has reserved to see it until he has been cleared up both campaign and personal financial investigations," the spokesperson said.

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Rep. George Santos says he will recuse himself from committee assignments amid investigations (Original post)	BumRushDaShow	Jan 31	OP
Translation: Kevin ordered me to, because I was making him look bad	peppertree	Jan 31	#1
OR "I'll be happy to do nothing, just give me my pay and perks."	groundloop	Jan 31	#3
Especially the "perks"	peppertree	Jan 31	#4
Kevin is too cowardly to do it himself	vlyons	Jan 31	#11
Kevin met with Santos yesterday, I would educate a guess this is what it was about.	Bev54	Jan 31	#15
Oh wow.. makes sense.. tY.	Cha	Jan 31	#25
Oh, that's interesting!	ShazzieB	Jan 31	#29
great use of	AllaN01Bear	Jan 31	#18
Ikr.. my first question was..	Cha	Jan 31	#24
'Spurious George'!	peppertree	Jan 31	#26
I saw it on here and had about the	Cha	Jan 31	#27
Thanks. My favorite is 'I'm no Santos'.	peppertree	Jan 31	#28
Yeah, Right... and the Easter Bunny will be sitting in for him.	Ford_Prefect	Jan 31	#2
he will still be there for the full session votes...	dembotoz	Jan 31	#10
The "statement" is one more falsehood to make it appear he's acting in good faith.	Ford_Prefect	Jan 31	#12
That way he gets full pay for less work.	Turbineguy	Jan 31	#5
Much like TRAITOR greene in the previous CONGRESS.	niyad	Jan 31	#17
Sounds like he has a gun to his head.	JohnnyRingo	Jan 31	#6
Great!	lonely bird	Jan 31	#7
McCarthy: "Enjoy your perks and salary. Only show up when I need your vote"	dalton99a	Jan 31	#8
Yippee!	Beastly Boy	Jan 31	#9
"He plans to recuse himself..." Yeah right	padah513	Jan 31	#13
The GOP thinks this will make it all blow over.	llmart	Jan 31	#14
So, McCarthy will still have Santos vote, but Santos does not have much work to do except show up	riversedge	Jan 31	#16
Same thing happened to MTG two years ago	FakeNoose	Jan 31	#19
republican grifter can't be expected to actually work for his paycheck can he?	PerceptionManagement	Jan 31	#20
Throw the lying bum out completely!	chowder66	Jan 31	#21
what a guy.	republianmushroom	Jan 31	#22
"George Santos says he will recuse himself"	LudwigPastorius	Jan 31	#23
A "recusal" means he's STILL assigned to two committees!	SunSeeker	Jan 31	#30