there are new questions tonight about the source of substantial loans the congressman george santos s campaign. the embattled republican, who s been caught in a web of lies as you know, previously claimed he made personal loans to his campaign, totaling more than $700,000. a new filings with the election commission, he is indicating that loans of $500,000 and $125,000 had come from personal funds, those were left on marked. i want to turn out right away to cnn political commentator, jonah goldberg, and ashley allison. national politics reporter, eva mckend. eva, let me begin with you here about the new questions around these loans. what are you learning about the loans he allegedly gave to his own campaign? laura, the blood broad outlines of the story that you mentioned, that is absolutely correct. he previously said that he personally loaned his campaign $700,000. that was in the filing. he also has reiterated, he went on that podcast with congressman matt gates not too lo
off on financial i don t know anything about this. also, another sort of curious component to this today. in new filings today, campaign officials listed thomas debt weiler of the treasurer of several of the cnn reached out to him. and this man says, listen, i spoke with them, they asked me to come on as a treasurer. i declined. he is still listed on these new filings as the treasurer? he s not the treasurer, according to his attorney. jonah, how impactful is this? taking a step back, obviously, i think the american electorate can understand quite easily the idea of somebody lying. the idea of a resume, the idea of conversations around a gofundme. the idea of fcc filings, i wonder if that translates in the same way. what do you think? look, i ve long thought in a properly ordered world, he would have shame and resigned,