tonight. how do you solve a problem like george santos? he was only sworn in a few days, ago but the republican congressman lied about, well, where he worked, where he went to school, about being jewish, remember what he said what he meant was to-ish, now he is in hot water with representatives of his own party back in his own state. i will talk to two new york republicans are now calling for him to resign. has it cost from just, uptown it gets much louder, while the congressman is trying to shut it down by saying this. i will not. he will not. well, also another batch of classified government records found by joe biden s legal team, that is after the initial discovery of his classified documents. i just want him office in washington in november. so, where were these new documents found, and what isn t them? frankly, how long have they known about this set of documents as well? plus, republicans allege that powerful conservative, match lap, sexually assaulted him while
them? frankly, how long have they known about this set of documents as well? plus, republicans allege that powerful conservative, match lap, sexually assaulted him while he was driving him back to atlanta hotel before the midterm election. schlapp s attorney denies this claim. but we will have the very latest on this developing story this evening. a lot to talk about tonight, so i want to bring in, begin with the calls for george santos to resign his seat in congress. and those calls are coming from inside the proverbial house. including, from my next two guests, who are both new york state republican lawmakers. state senator jack martin s, and state assemblyman ed raab. gentlemen, welcome to the program this evening. listen, everyone has been talking about congressman, now george santos, he of course has been sworn in.
any red flags? were their moments where you thought something is not adding up? or was he really able to be as effective as he seems to have been to pull the wool over everyone s eyes? i mean, it has been out of street fairs, community events, things like that with george. nothing really has never raised any red flags. he s a friendly guy, happy most of the time, nothing really with any alarms. i am a shocked as any when these allegations all came to light and they turned out to be largely fought. senator martin, there are rumored favorites out there in the event that santos does decide to resign from congress, although this evening he saying that he will not. we all know that things can change in pressure campaigns have a way of incentifies-ing ones departure whether it happens here or not, i don t know. but if you are one of these rumored favorites which i hear that you
goes to add to the list of things for which george santos is responsible for. unfortunately, he has become a punchline, it s a joke, and to answer your first question, i have heard from hundreds of constituents. i received emails from hundreds more. people who are concerned about the ability of their u. s. representative to actually be effective. so that has become the backdrop behind which we have to work. we will continue to do our part. we will continue to do what we can to support our constituents. but at the end of the day, santos have to step down. jack martin s, thank you so much. i want to turn now to that very discussion about the idea of effectiveness, not just
am wondering, when you combine the set of lies, and i want to remind the audience what we are talking about. i have a full screen about the kinds of things he has lied about from his resume, to his grandparents surviving the holocaust, having lost employees at the nightclub shooting, to his 9/11 claiming his mother s life. there is a whole slew of things that we are talking about here. you add on to that, state senator, that he s being accused of using campaign funds to pay personal expenses. there are big questions about the source of the $700,000 that was lent to his campaign. there s a lot to be concerned about. do you share the latter concerns in terms of who is putting some of these bills, and about the use of funding? of course. laura, look. there are campaign finances for a reason. we have to be completely transparent when it comes to identifying who are donors are, and certainly to the extent that there were $700, 000, for all intensive purposes, it is unaccounted for, it jus