the video just goes on like that for two and a half minutes. no narration, no soundbites. it s like the intro to a 90s sitcom where all the characters are played by the senior senator from kentucky. that video was released by mitch mcconnell for the election campaign back in 2014. perhaps you will find it reassuring to know that they had a reason for doing this. under u.s. campaign finance rules, politicians are prohibited from coordinating with the super pacs that support them. but over the years, campaigns have found creative ways around those rules. a campaign watchdog group noted at the time that mcconnell s campaign at the time likely put out that campaign publicly so he s super kept pack could use the footage to make their own mitch mcconnell. adds the plausibility for finance collaboration would be hey we re not collaborating with super pacs, we just want
matter for the nassau county republican party. i ve made it very clear that that is not our brand. that is not what we stand for. like i mention, the district i represent has a heavily orthodox jewish population and be jews in general. the fact that he claimed he was jewish, that he had family who escaped the holocaust, that s just not something that i can tolerate. well, here s a look at all the things santos did lie about, and this is just what we know about so far. and the campaign watchdog group has filed a complaint with the federal election commission against santos. the group accuses him of illegally using campaign funds to pay personal expenses amongst other things. we are now finding ways in which we can go around george santos and make sure that the people in his district are served without having to deal with him. i will not deal with him. i think he should resign. our own chairman, joe cairo,
congressman shown often. newark freshman republican george santos who told reporters and donors a string of lies during the campaign about nearly every facet of his life. today, two democratic members of the new york delegation went to the house ethics committee with it, we will speak with one of them, right after the cnn report from jessica d.. george santos problems piling up. was the best outcome here? you have to send a message that if you defy the voters who can be held accountable. congressman richie thomas and, gomez launched a request for formal probe into his disclosure reports on tuesday, this after a campaign watchdog group, filed a complaint against him with the federal election commissions, and have concealing the source of more than $700,000 that complaint also alleges santos s campaign falsified how it unspent campaign funds. santos told reporters today
but it s hard to imagine the cameras being turned loose permanently. after all, politics is also theater. there were moments we saw that were more tragic and more comic than some lawmakers might like. tom foreman, thanks. a congressman sitting alone on the house floor. george santos, who told voters and donors a string of lies during the campaign about nearly every facet of his life. two democratic members of the new york delegation went to the house ethics committee with it. we will speak with one of them right after this cnn report from jessica dean. reporter: george santos problems piling up. what s the best outcome? we have to send a message if you defraud the voters, you are going to be held accountable. reporter: these congressmen launched their request for a formal probe into santos financial disclosure reports on tuesday. this after a campaign watchdog group filed a complaint against him with the federal election
campaign. there s a lot here, a lot of new threads here, just this afternoon, about george santos, so what is this campaign, the congressional office saying about this? the ftc complaint, the impersonation charge, et cetera and where this goes from here? they re saying nothing. and neither is george santos. obviously reporters including myself are chasing him for the last week and now in light of the new allegation by the campaign legal center, nonpartisan organization, a campaign watchdog group, he also had nothing to say and i m standing outside of his office and keeping an eye down the hall because we tried to pepper him with question, including why he is not answering any and all he said was please give me some space and in a statement saying in port, voters deserve the truth, they have a right to know who is spending to influence their vote and their government and they have a right to know how the candidates competing for their vote are spending those funds. they are accusing s