House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) spoke to the press after meeting with Joe Biden in the Oval Office to discuss the debt limit.

Biden met with Speaker McCarthy, Democrat Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, Senate Minority Leader McConnell and Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer in the Oval Office.

McCarthy’s debt limit plan will eliminate Biden’s unconstitutional student loan bailout plan and slash the funds set aside for the army of IRS agents.

Biden refuses to negotiate with McCarthy.

Tuesday’s Oval Office meeting was a waste of time.

Reporters were booted from the Oval Office in less than a minute.

“We’re not gonna take any questions now. We’re gonna get started and solve all the world’s problems,” Biden said as his handlers shooed away reporters.

McCarthy and McConnell spoke to the press following their fruitless meeting with Joe Biden.

“Unfortunately the president has waited 97 DAYS without ever meeting. Every day I asked that we meet and he said no,” McCarthy told reporters touting his plan. “The House has raised the debt ceiling in a responsible matter … does [Biden] not believe there’s any place we could find savings?”

“What are the odds of default now after this meeting and what happens next?” a reporter asked McCarthy.

“The House made sure that we wouldn’t have default because we raised the debt limit,” McCarthy said.

McConnell told reporters the US is “not going to default. It never has and it never will.”

WATCH:

.@SpeakerMcCarthy & @LeaderMcConnell speak to media after meeting with President Biden on #DebtCeiling.

Sen. McConnell: "The United States of America is not going to default. It never has and it never will." pic.twitter.com/wVHDbYUOuN

— CSPAN (@cspan) May 9, 2023

McCarthy said he asked Biden numerous time to tell him which spending cuts he would be open to.

“He wouldn’t give me any,” McCarthy said.

WATCH:

Q: "Did the president tell you that there were any spending cuts that he would be open to?"

.@SpeakerMcCarthy: "I asked him numerous times are there some places we could find savings. He wouldn't give me any." pic.twitter.com/FeEVdUvomE

— CSPAN (@cspan) May 9, 2023

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The Justice Department filed criminal charges against GOP Rep. George Santos (NY), according to a leak to CNN.

Santos will appear in federal court on Wednesday according to the outlet.

The nature of the charges are unclear, however, federal investigators were probing possible campaign finance violations.

CNN reported:

Federal prosecutors have filed criminal charges against New York Rep. George Santos, the Republican lawmaker whose astonishing pattern of lies and fabrications stunned even hardened politicos, according to three sources familiar with the matter.

Santos is expected to appear as soon as Wednesday at federal court in New York’s eastern district, where the charges have been filed under seal.

The exact nature of the charges couldn’t immediately be learned but the FBI and the Justice Department public integrity prosecutors in New York and Washington have been examining allegations of false statements in Santos’ campaign finance filings and other claims.

Earlier this year House Speaker Kevin McCarthy told reporters that George Santos will be removed from Congress if it is determined the freshman Rep. broke the law.

George Santos flipped New York’s 3rd Congressional district red in November when he defeated Robert Zimmerman.

In December Santos admitted he lied about his education, employment history and Jewish background in an interview with the New York Post.

“I am not a criminal,” Santos said during his exclusive interview. “This [controversy] will not deter me from having good legislative success. I will be effective. I will be good.”

“My sins here are embellishing my resume. I’m sorry,” Santos said Monday to The Post.

Federal prosecutors were investigating George Santos’ ‘sudden wealth’ after he admitted to embellishing his resume.

DEVELOPING…

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