quote, sociopath today. reporter: the spate of lies from freshman congressman george santos have done more than anger his constituents. it s also raising serious questions about why santos constantly lies. when we re talking about pathological lying, we have a clear-cut example in the headlines every day. he is a psychologist at texas woman s university. what is a pathological liar? someone who has a maladaptive pattern of lying. they lie excessively, telling the lies, and they typically cause a lot of problems in their life, problems in the workplace, sometimes legal problems. reporter: among santos lies that have been exposed in the months following his election include i actually went to school on a volleyball scholarship. my mom was a 9/11 survivor.
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president. they want some must be the nominee, this very same people are unwilling to do a single thing to make that happen. instead, they re looking to prosecutors to do their jobs for them, and some of them, in a much darker turn are looking to the march of time, and actuarial table. in this fascinating new reporting for the atlantic, make a explains that facing another election cycle dominate by trump and uncertain that he can actually be in the primary, many republicans are quietly waiting for him to go away. as one republican consultant said, quote, there is a desire for deus ex machina. it s like 2016 all over again, only more fatalistic. in mckay coppins s conversations with republicans, he heard repeatedly that the least a disruptive path to getting rid of trump, grim as it sounds, might be to wait for his expiration. their rationale was straightforward, the former president is 76 years old,
reporting for the atlantic, make a explains that facing another election cycle dominate by trump and uncertain that he can actually be in the primary, many republicans are quietly waiting for him to go away. as one republican consultant said, quote, there is a desire for deus ex machina. it s like 2016 all over again, only more fatalistic. in mckay coppins s conversations with republicans, he heard repeatedly that the least a disruptive path to getting rid of trump, grim as it sounds, might be to wait for his expiration. their rationale was straightforward, the former president is 76 years old, overweight, appears to maintain the dye of a college freshman and believes, contrary to all known science, that exercise is bad for you. why risk alienating s supporters when nature will take its course sooner or later? that s the best you got, guys, really? that s the plan?
you re reporting, the house actually intervene on behalf of perry as an institution, that the house decision to intervene in both cases is governed by bipartisan legal advisor group, a five member panel that includes mccarthy and hakeem jeffries and other members of the house could ship. the panel voted unanimously to support the houses intervention in the matter, seeking to protect the chamber s prerogatives. it seems like there are some institutional prerogative here across partisan lines, the house is actually litigating on the side of perry? i am not sure that they ve taken aside, they just want to know, are we going to be in trouble as a broader institution by whatever ruling comes out of this panel, so they are not even aware really of the substance of what s happened in this case. they are not privy to the prior ruling. they learned that s got perry engaged and involved and the secret proceedings, saying to protect their interests. here in fact, that s one of the ways we unloc