Breaking: George Santos Recuses Himself from Committee Assignments

Representative George Santos (R., N.Y.) told the GOP conference on Tuesday that he will step down from his committee assignments after he was caught lying about his resume and background, according to several reports.

Santos, who was given seats on the Science and Small Business committees, has repeatedly rebuffed calls to resign from Congress altogether.

The decision comes as Democrats have called House Speaker Kevin McCarthy a hypocrite for allowing Santos to serve on two committees while removing Representatives Adam Schiff (D., Calif.) and Eric Swalwell (D., Calif.) from the House Intelligence Committee and seeking to oust Representative Ilhan Omar (D., Minn.) from the House Foreign Affairs Committee.

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