Noel Gallagher: Why doesn't the Republican Party nationally say, George, you're going to have to pay for this? He says there may well be a House Ethics Committee probe and we'll see what they decide to do as a punishment. There are things short of excluding him from office that they could do, but power is really important here, he says. Gallagher: Kevin McCarthy has been silent; other top Republicans who helped get Santos elected also gone silent.
George Santos is supposed to become a member of Congress this week. We still have no idea who he is.
This episode was produced by Amanda Lewellyn, edited by Amina Al-Sadi, fact-checked by Serena Solin, engineered by Paul Robert Mounsey, and hosted by Noel King.
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