Rep. George Santos says he won't serve on House committees while investigations are ongoing

Embattled Republican Rep. George Santos of New York volition not service connected the 2 House committees to which helium was precocious assigned until the investigations into his behaviour end, his bureau said Tuesday.

"The congressman is reserving his seats connected his assigned committees until helium has been decently cleared of some run and idiosyncratic fiscal investigations," according to his spokeswoman, Naysa Woomer.

Santos informed Republican lawmakers during a closed-door league gathering successful Washington, D.C., earlier Tuesday that "he's not accepting the committee assignments until things get cleared up," according to a longtime GOP lawmaker who was successful the room. This idiosyncratic declined to beryllium named to sermon backstage conversations.

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