On Tuesday, Kevin McCarthy officially booted Reps. Adam Schiff and Eric
Swalwell from the House Intelligence Committee. In a letter that was
short on details about the two California Democrats’  sins, the new
House speaker referred to “integrity,” “honesty” and “credibility” as
driving his decision.

It is no surprise that reporters immediately asked McCarthy how his
expulsion of the two Democrats for alleged dishonesty squares with his
hands-off approach to another well-known congressman: Rep. George Santos
(R-N.Y.), who has lied about … well, pretty much everything … and was
recently given assignments on two House committees.

Our colleague Jessica Piper reports this morning on some rather unusual
disbursements included in Santos’ campaign finance reports.

“Santos’ congressional campaign reported dozens of transactions just
cents below the threshold that would have triggered a requirement to
preserve spending records — an unusual spending pattern that is now part
of broader complaints about alleged financial improprieties."

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