Representative George Santos' communications director has quit her job, saying the congressman resisted professional advice.
In her resignation letter, Naysa Woomer expressed her pleasure in leaving her position and emphasized how unreceptive George Santos was to counsel, CBS News confirmed.
Woomer stated that she was "honored to tender my resignation." She went on, saying that she was upset that her professional advice hadn't been taken into account.
Rep. George Santos faces a lot of trouble at the moment. The US Department of Justice charged him last week with 13 counts of fraud and money laundering. Santos barely escaped a House Democratic vote to expel him, and the case was forwarded to the House Ethics Committee.
Santos, a new member of Congress, has been accused of stealing money from his campaign, making fake claims to get jobless benefits, and lying about his finances, according to The Independent.
The Long Island congressman has also been called to resign after his résumé was found to include various lies about his schooling and career experience.
The Ethics Committee in March started looking into Santos' alleged illegal actions during the campaign, failure to disclose important information, potential violations of conflict-of-interest laws, and claims of sexual misconduct against a job applicant in his congressional office.
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George Santos labeled the accusations against him as a "witch hunt," though he earlier acknowledged lying about his professional background, per NBC News. He insisted that he was innocent and that he would not step down.
House Speaker Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., who recently stopped backing the controversial politician's re-election, said he favored the report method better than a vote for removal right away on the floor.
Former federal prosecutor Rep. Dan Goldman, D-N.Y., said that the Ethics Committee may defer to the Justice Department's inquiry, which resulted in George Santos' indictment.