House GOP Leadership Reacts to Santos Charges

House GOP Leadership Reacts to Santos Charges
Rep. George Santos (R-N.Y.) leaves the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 12, 2023, in Washington. Photo by Win McNamee/Getty Images
Ross Muscato
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House Republican leaders, citing a need for the legal process to play out, have not called on Rep. George Santos (R-N.Y.) to resign following Santos’ arrest on May 10 on federal charges of wire fraud, money laundering, theft of public funds, and making materially false statements to the House of Representatives.
Santos surrendered to authorities on the same day the 13-count indictment against him was revealed in the U.S. Eastern District Court in New York. At his court appearance, he pleaded not guilty to the charges.