Republican Santos to step down from House committees – Saudi Gazette

Republican Santos to step down from House committees – Saudi Gazette

WASHINGTON — Republican Congressman George Santos will step down from serving on committees in the US House of Representatives.

The 34-year-old has faced growing calls to resign after he admitted fabricating parts of his resume and biography since his election in New York last year.

He was assigned to serve on two committees despite the controversy. He informed colleagues of his decision at a closed-door meeting on Tuesday, the BBC’s US partner CBS reports.

Santos reportedly said he would step aside temporarily until his name is cleared and apologized to fellow Republicans for being a “distraction”.

It means Santos will not sit on the small business committee or the science, space and technology panel. The latter oversees non-defense issues related to scientific research and development.

He had previously billed himself as “the full embodiment of the American dream”—an openly gay child of Brazilian immigrants who rose to the upper echelons of Wall Street before entering the world of politics.

But following his election in the November midterms, Santos’ life story began to unravel after various US news outlets uncovered a series of falsehoods.

He eventually admitted that large portions of the biography he had shared with voters were untrue. He is also facing multiple investigations over his