{"id":1928461,"date":"2023-05-10T23:42:08","date_gmt":"2023-05-11T03:42:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/mccarthy-indicates-he-will-not-support-santos-he-has-other-things-to-focus-on\/"},"modified":"2023-05-10T23:46:49","modified_gmt":"2023-05-11T03:46:49","slug":"mccarthy-indicates-he-will-not-support-santos-he-has-other-things-to-focus-on","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/mccarthy-indicates-he-will-not-support-santos-he-has-other-things-to-focus-on\/","title":{"rendered":"McCarthy won&#8217;t back Santos, citing other priorities."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">14<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fmccarthy-indicates-he-will-not-support-santos-he-has-other-things-to-focus-on%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1928461&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><h2>House Speaker Kevin McCarthy distances himself from Rep. George Santos amid criminal charges<\/h2>\n<h3>McCarthy won&#8217;t support Santos for reelection<\/h3>\n<p>House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) made it clear on Wednesday that he would not support Rep. George Santos (R-NY) if he ran for reelection. Santos is currently facing 13 criminal charges, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/former-democratic-california-rep-tj-cox-indicted-for-fraud-faces-up-to-55-years-in-prison\/\" title=\"Former Democratic California Rep. TJ Cox Indicted For Fraud, Faces Up To 55 Years In Prison\">including wire fraud<\/a>, money laundering, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/sidney-powell-is-an-american-legal-giant\/\" title=\"Sidney Powell Is an American Legal Giant\">making false statements<\/a> to the House of Representatives.<\/p>\n<p>While some conservative lawmakers have called for Santos&#8217;s resignation, McCarthy has not gone that far. Instead, he has stated that he will wait for a trial before making any decisions. Santos, on the other hand, has reaffirmed that he plans to run for reelection.<\/p>\n<h3>Santos&#8217;s indictment includes 13 counts of financial crimes<\/h3>\n<p>The charges against Santos are serious. The Justice Department alleges that he &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/mccarthy-indicates-he-will-not-support-santos-he-has-other-things-to-focus-on\/\" title=\"McCarthy won't back Santos, citing other priorities.\">defrauded prospective political supporters<\/a>&#8221; by moving campaign funds into his <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/dark-money-free-speech-addressed-by-h-r-1\/\" title=\"Dark money, free speech addressed by H.R.1?\">personal bank account<\/a> and using the funds for personal purchases, including designer clothing. He also allegedly received $24,000 in unemployment funds while working and overstated his income and assets during his campaigns.<\/p>\n<p>Despite pleading not guilty to all charges, Santos posted bail on Wednesday, which was set at $500,000. He is expected to travel back to Washington, D.C., on Wednesday to vote on a border bill on Thursday.<\/p>\n<h3>McCarthy calls for Santos to focus on his legal issues<\/h3>\n<p>When asked about Santos&#8217;s future, McCarthy stated, &#8220;I think he has some other things to focus on in this life than running.&#8221; It&#8217;s clear that McCarthy believes Santos should focus on his legal issues before considering another term in Congress.<\/p>\n<h3>Stay informed with the Washington Examiner<\/h3>\n<p>If you want to stay up-to-date on this developing story, click <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\">here<\/a> to read more from the Washington Examiner.<\/p>\n<h3>Summary<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>House Speaker Kevin McCarthy will not support Rep. George Santos if he runs for reelection.<\/li>\n<li>Santos is facing 13 criminal charges, including wire fraud and money laundering.<\/li>\n<li>The Justice Department alleges that Santos moved campaign funds into his personal bank account and used the funds for personal purchases.<\/li>\n<li>Santos posted bail on Wednesday and is expected to travel back to Washington, D.C., to vote on a border bill on Thursday.<\/li>\n<li>McCarthy believes Santos should focus on his legal issues before considering another term in Congress.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) distanced himself from embattled Rep. George Santos (R-NY) on Wednesday, indicating he would not support the New Yorker if he ran for reelection. McCarthy stopped short of calling for Santos&#8217;s resignation. The New York congressman was indicted on 13 charges that include wire fraud, money laundering, and making materially false<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1928462,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[538],"tags":[6145,3663,10632,12040,4324],"class_list":["post-1928461","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-washington-examiner","tag-citing","tag-mccarthy","tag-priorities","tag-santos","tag-wont"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1928461","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1928461"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1928461\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1928462"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1928461"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1928461"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1928461"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}