Rep. Tim Burchett

Every time somebody would get in trouble, they would, or perceived to be in trouble because I'm not,

I've said this before and I'll say it publicly.

George was under a heck of a lot of pressure and I call myself a Christian.

And if I sit there and watched him kill himself over something and he went to hell, I'd have that on my soul.

And I just don't want that.

And my chief staff called me one day and said, hey boss, I said, he goes, I know what you're gonna say.

And I go, what is it?

And he said,

nobody wants to take George as their mentor.

Would you be his mentor?

I said, sure, sign him up.

And he just shook his head and he said, yeah, he'll do it.

And then George and I just became fast friends.

His office was catty-cornered of mine and the press would be just lined up down the hall and some kid would walk by close in stature

down there, and I'd go, hey, there's George Santos, and they'd all run down there and chase him, and I'd have fun with that, and then George would come in the office, and I would talk to him about that, and I'd talk to him about my faith, but, and, you know, I just said, this ain't, this is not reality, George, don't, and he'd say, promise me, if you think you're gonna take your life, you'd call me anytime, night or day, and he said, I will, Tim, don't worry, and he never did, you know, but he'd call me from time to time, and

George is a very interesting guy.

And yeah, he fabricated a lot of stuff, but he's literally doing more time than P. Diddy or what it comes or whatever his name is.

In solitary confinement.

And generally solitary is where they put the violent people, the people that have committed heinous crimes.

And I hear people say, good, good.