Mr. Santos, a Republican representing Long Island and parts of Queens, is facing 13 felony counts including money laundering and wire fraud.
A group of media organizations, including The New York Times, requested last month that the identities of the people who guaranteed Mr. Santos’s bail bond be unsealed.
In a motion filed on Monday, Mr. Murray shared a response he wrote to the Ethics Committee’s questions about bail, in which he pointed to House ethics rules that permit gifts from family members.
Mr. Murray said that he would not oppose a targeted unsealing that would confirm to the public and to House investigators that Mr. Santos’s guarantors were family members, without fully revealing their names or exact relationships to Mr. Santos.
Though the suretors did not hand over actual money, they will be on the hook for the $500,000 if Mr. Santos flees prosecution.
Persons:
Joanna Seybert, Santos, Santos’s, Murray, Santos’s guarantors
Organizations:
Republican, The New York Times
Locations:
Long, Queens