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George Santos' resume may have gotten him a seat in Congress, but it didn't fool everyone.
House Speaker Kevin McCarthy told CNN Monday that he has long been skeptical about the Republican congressman's resume, which has proven to have massive embellishments and fabrications.
"I always had a few questions about it," McCarthy, 57, told CNN.
However, McCarthy has not joined some of his fellow Republicans in calling for Rep. Santos' resignation, according to The Hill. While others want to see Santos, 34, out, McCarthy believes the decision rests in the hands of the House Ethics Committee.
"I try to stick by the Constitution," he told reporters last week, per The Hill. "The voters elected him to serve. If there is a concern, and he has to go through the Ethics, let him move through that."
McCarthy also told CNN this week that he was initially unaware that Santos allegedly had someone impersonate McCarthy's chief of staff during his 2020 and 2022 campaigns in order to solicit donations, though the speaker has since reportedly addressed it with him.
"You know, I didn't know about that. It happened, and I know they corrected it, but I was not notified about that until a later date," McCarthy said.
Francis Chung/POLITICO via AP Images Rep. George Santos outside his office on Capitol Hill
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