George Santos stepping down from committees days after McCarthy defended him

So what happened? Blood is in the water, as the GOP seems to be getting afraid of investigations of Santos's campaign finances.

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The fabulist Congressman George Santos has told colleagues he’s stepping down from his committee assignments — he’d been put on the Science Committee and the Small Business Committee only two weeks ago — just two days after Kevin McCarthy stridently defended putting him on those committees.

In a tense interview on CBS “Face the Nation” on Sunday, McCarthy, who ousted Democrats Reps. Eric Swalwell and Adam Schiff from the House Intelligence Committee, steadfastly backed Santos, not seeing the hypocrisy of putting a serial fabricator on committees while ousting two respected members of Congress.

So what exactly happened in the last couple of days?