What could possibly go wrong?
Liar, swindler, and as Sen. Mitt Romney said, "sick puppy" Rep. George "Kitara" Santos will be part a classified briefing today as a member of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, despite objections from Dems and national security experts. The briefing will cover threats from China, including intelligence related to their balloon that was shot down earlier this week.
Santos, who has gone by several aliases, is under multiple Federal and state investigations including campaign finance violations, securities fraud, defrauding a veteran seeking medical care for his dog, as well as an investigation in Brazil regarding check fraud. The Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington (CREW) pointed out last month in a letter to Congress that Santos is a security risk:
“'Santos’s serial misrepresentations of the truth about a vast array of subjects have demonstrated an astonishing level of untrustworthiness,' said CREW President Noah Bookbinder. 'It would be a threat to our national security to allow him to serve on any committee where he would gain access to national intelligence.' [snip]
'It defies logic to think that someone who has lied about nearly everything about himself should receive access to our nation’s most guarded secrets simply because he was elected to Congress,' Bookbinder said." (our emphasis)
Waving off obvious concerns about national security, spineless House Squeaker Kevin "Qevin" McCarthy decided to let Santos attend today's briefing. Any negative repercussions from that decision are on him.
(photo: Santos flashing white power sign. Evelyn Hockstein / Reuters)
