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He shat all over his own justifications for blocking them and not removing Santos by giving Santos those committee assignments.  Regardless of whether Santos "committed a crime", he is a known, admitted liar.  It's indisputable that he fabricated his entire background and qualifications to get elected - he admitted it himself.  He has no place on any committee.  Refuse to boot him and blame it on whatever you want, but  assigning him the seats shines a bright spotlight on the bad faith.
And .santos gets committee assignments. Mc.Cathy prefers a serial conman  over the opposition.  Got it.