Republicans defend George Santos as report details alleged sick dog fraud

Santos will also sit on the science, space and technology committee. CNN said requests for seats on panels dealing with the financial sector and foreign policy were rebuffed.

But Williams was following a party line set by the new House speaker, Kevin McCarthy, who Santos supported through 15 votes for the speakership and who must work with a narrow majority.

According to Patch, Santos became involved with Osthoff and his dog, Sapphire, in 2016.

Needing to raise money, the report said, Osthoff was told that a man named Anthony Devolder, with a pet charity called Friends of Pets United, could help.

Santos did not comment to Patch but did deny the allegation in a message to the news outlet Semafor.

For now, Santos continues to find his feet in Congress. According to the New York Times, he is showing signs of aligning himself with far-right pro-Trump representatives including Matt Gaetz of Florida and Marjorie Taylor Greene of Georgia.