I was young and I had fun at a festival. Sue me for having a life,” the New York lawmaker told reporters at LaGuardia Airport, marking his first public response to reports that surfaced earlier this week. Santos also refused to engage with questions from reporters on the debunked assertion that his mother was in the World Trade Center on September 11, 2001. On Saturday, Santos wholly ignored multiple questions regarding his mother’s location on September 11, instead training his ire on the press. CNN reported this week that Santos was tapped to sit on two low-level House committees: the Committee on Small Business and the Committee on Science, Space, and Technology.

Source: CNN January 22, 2023 17:01 UTC