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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 ....
On that podcast with congressman matt gates not too long ago. and suggested that this came from his personal wealth. in these amended filings, he s now changing his story. the box to indicate that these are personal funds are now not checked. also, really crucially here, laura, he s still listed as a source of the lone elsewhere in the filings. so, i don t know if confusion is the point here, that is certainly the outcome. our colleague, manu raju, trying to get some answers from him today. take a listen. you amended your fcc reports to make it 500 i didn t amend anything. i didn t touch anything of my my stuff. so don t be disingenuous in report that i did, because you know that every campaign hires judiciaries. i m not aware of that answer, and we ll have an answer for you the press regarding the amendments from yesterday. so, this is something that he often says. he will have an answer for the press, and then you can hear him there trying to push this ....