"The idea that once Santos leaves office, he could profit off of his story with a book or movie contract has privately percolated among and annoyed House Republicans."

"Police and court officials said no record of such a case is available. Pennsylvania law allows for the expungement of cases that end in dismissal, which then erases records related to those cases and bars officials from acknowledging their _...Read More_

"Santos has acknowledged and apologized for lying about parts of his background, but has maintained that he was only embellishing his resume and has stated that he is not a criminal."

Awkward all around.

"The reason this happened in a closed door meeting with Republicans is because they're the people who hold the key to booting him from Congress. I bet they left him with little choice."