House Democrats want to deny George Santos access to classified information

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

Washington — A pair of House Democrats on Wednesday called for Speaker Kevin McCarthy to block GOP Rep. George Santos of New York from having access to classified information, amid scrutiny from local, state and federal investigators over his background and campaign finances.

New York Reps. Gregory Meeks of New York, the top Democrat on the House Foreign Affairs Committee, and Joe Morelle told McCarthy that they have "serious concerns" about Santos and whether he should have access to confidential and classified materials as he faces questions about his personal and professional background, as well as his campaign finances.

Santos has admitted to fabricating parts of his professional background, and is under investigation from state and federal prosecutors, the latter of which are probing his finances and financial disclosures. He is also the target of complaints to the Federal Election Commission over his campaign spending and the House Ethics Committee regarding the filing of his financial disclosure reports.

"The numerous concerning allegations about his behavior over decades put his character into question and suggest he cannot be trusted with confidential and classified information that could threaten the United States' national security," Meeks and Morelle wrote in a letter.

https://www.yahoo.com/news/house-democrats-want-deny-george-142257989.html

[Cha]

1. Hell Yeah.. TY & Dems!

[ananda]

2. The problem is that Santos is far from the only traitor in the House.

Hardly any of them are not seriously kompromised.

[NYC Liberal]

6. Starting with McCarthy himself.

[Samrob]

3. Who has the authority to deny security clearances for the Feds? nt

[LastDemocratInSC]

4. I had a low level security clearance 10 years ago.

Based on the questionnaires I filled out and the questions asked during 2 interviews, there is no way Santos could get any type of clearance. He's dirty from head to toe.

[ananda]

12. No Republican should get a clearance. They are ALL...

clear and present dangers.

[Bettie]

5. People should not get security clearance if they can't

pass the background check. Congresscritter or not.

But this: "Santos has admitted to fabricating parts of his professional background".....hasn't he fabricated just about everything about his professional background and, well, literally everything else in his life?

But the background check stuff...if you are going to have access, you should be able to legitimately pass the background check.

[Eyeball_Kid]

13. Maybe I'm wrong, but isn't a security clearance a more rigorous examination than a background check?

A security clearance includes a personal financial assessment, biological family heritage, origin of birth, personal history, international connections, etc. A background check might mean a driver's license record and credit rating.

[Bettie]

14. Sorry, poor word choice

but they should be able to pass whatever is required.

It still makes me angry that Ivanka, Jared, and others who couldn't pass the checks still got access to, well, everything.

If you are running for office, you should have to be allowed to gain that clearance based on your own record.

[republianmushroom]

7. the cost of Kevin's speaker ship

[docgee]

8. He probably couldn't pass the background check.

Or can the give him a pass like 45 and his offspring did?

[Martin68]

9. Ya think he might be an intelligence risk? He chose the wrong profession.

He would have made a fantastic undercover intelligence officer. If he could be trusted not to make a deal with the enemy...

[Bettie]

15. He's probably a brain sugeon

and a double naught spy, oh also: movie producer and international playboy. (Yeah, I'm that old)

[Eyeball_Kid]

10. WHO GETS ACCESS TO CLASSIFIED INFORMATION WITHOUT A SECURITY CLEARANCE??? N/T

[Bettie]

16. Apparently any Republican who wants to

because it seems as if they just hand those out....

[dalton99a]

11. The con man has a unique problem among Republicans:

The FBI won't be able to verify his personal history

[ancianita]

17. Smart & patriotic of Democrats, because no one really knows who the guy really IS.

Probably not even McCarthy.

[Xipe Totec]

18. On the plus side, if Santos divulged classified information, nobody would believe him. nt