heard the name george santos. oh, we do know him now, though. a wild scene today as the republican congressman caught in lie after lie is arrested and charged on 13 criminal counts. will george santos, aka anthony devulder stay in congress, go on his own or will he be pushed out? plus, taking the stage, donald trump now hours away from facing questions at a cnn town hall one day after a jury found him liable for sexual abuse and defamation. and following the money. republicans flagging what they call shady deals as they lay out their case against president biden s family, including son hunter. is there evidence behind these allegations? welcome to the lead. we start with our politics lead, and a defiant congressman george santos saying he has no plans to resign despite facie ing 13 criminal charges. santos pleaded not guilty in a new york courtroom this afternoon before facing the news media where he insisted he is innocent. this is the beginning of the ability for
yet to call on santos to resign even as he s concerned and others are about the calls that santos is making clear he plans to run for re-election as they re worried about the prospects of holding on to that seat. manu raju on capitol hill, thank you. joining us to discuss is jodie cas finkel, the coordinator of a group of voters from santos district in long island who want to see him removed from office. jodie, did you vote for george santos in november? i did not. so let me ask you a question, just devil s advocate here, i think it is great that you re being active in this, it is great that you re involved in politics, what do you say to somebody who might say, where was this activism a year ago? that s a democratic district and democrats didn t turn out to vote for the democrat and santos won? well, he won by a total totally being an impostor. he is the first time that we have ever had someone who is an