Two congressional Democrats from New York asked House Speaker Kevin McCarthy to restrict Republican Rep. George Santos' access to classified information, arguing the scandal-plagued freshman lawmaker 'cannot be trusted' with confidential materials
McCarthy, who leads a slim House majority that Santos' departure could shrink even more, has echoed that line and refused to join in his party's blaring criticism of the freshman congressman.. The Republican leader said Santos would only be removed from the House if its ethics committee determined that he broke the law.The McCarthy-led GOP Steering Committeeon the Science, Space and Technology Committee and the Small Business Committee.
The Democrats appeared to acknowledge that Santos was assigned to lower-profile committees, but they noted that he could still potentially gain access to swaths of sensitive information. "Congressman George Santos was assigned to committees whose jurisdiction may pertain to only a portion of our country's national security and foreign policy agenda, yet this does not stop or inhibit him from requesting a secure briefing or classified documents regarding a breadth of topics at any time," they said.
They argued:"This could have profound implications for the Legislative Branch's ability to perform its legislative, oversight, and investigative duties over the Executive Agencies' classified programs."
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