An incoming GOP congressman from Long Island has several gaps in his resume, according to news reports. He may have also lied about his employment, his college degree, his residence, and his religion.
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Who is newly-elected Congressman George Santos?
It seems that there's no end in sight to the lies of newly-elected Rep. George Santos. The embattled congressman from Long Island has attracted widespread criticism for his seemingly never-ending bevy of lies that include his family history, education, employment history, and more. Despite Santos addressing the falsehoods in interviews with some media outlets, there are still plenty of unanswered questions.
HOW the unraveling BEGAN
Reports by the New York Times and other publications began to put Congressman Santos' resume, campaign finances, and biography into question following his win during November's midterm elections.
As he faced numerous questions over a series of apparent falsehoods in his resume last week, Republican Rep-elect George Santos said he had a "story to tell and it will be told next week."
During his initial, failed bid for Congress in 2020, Republican George Santos of New York signed a certified congressional document attesting to having almost no financial assets and an average income. But this year, Santos — now poised to enter Congress after winning the election in November — represented his finances in a profoundly different fashion.
A WEB OF LIES
Though Santos made history as the first non-incumbent out gay Republican elected to office, it seems that every other piece of his biography is accompanied by a question mark. He claims to have worked at Goldman Sachs, that his family escaped the Holocaust, and that he knew employees who were killed in the Pulse nightclub shooting. Each story has been disproven in one way or another.
A CALL FOR RESIGNATION
In addition to Long Island Republicans and the New York State GOP, several public figures like former GOP Rep. Adam Kinzinger and former GOP House Speaker Paul Ryan called on Santos to resign in January, but the scandal-plagued congressman has refused to do so. Others, like Rep. Matt Gaetz, have said Santos shouldn't be shunned in advance of a congressional ethics process.
WHAT happens to santos now?
Needless to say, Rep. Santos has gained notoriety in merely a matter of weeks thanks to his stream of scandals. Prosecutors in Long Island said on December 28 that they opened an investigation into Santos while Brazilian authorities renewed a 2008 fraud case, which they dropped more than a decade ago after failing to locate him.
Scandal-plagued Rep. George Santos' endless stream of unflattering stories has catapulted the New York Republican out of obscurity and alongside some of the most powerful names in the nation's capital.
