George Santos

Republican Rep.-elect George Santos may have misrepresented parts of his resume, a CNN review of his public statements confirms.

And I think that his biggest vulnerability is in the area of campaign finance.” The nonprofit supposedly ran from 2013-2018, according to a story from a local newspaper, [The Queens Gazette](https://www.qgazette.com/articles/devolder-santos-announces-candidacy-for-congress/), announcing Santos’ first run for Congress in 2019. Santos defeated Democrat Robert Zimmerman in a newly drawn district covering parts of Queens and some nearby Long Island suburbs, flipping control to Republicans, who dominated the New York suburbs on their way to winning a House majority. A website or LinkedIn profile could not be found, and Santos failed to report any of the clients he served in his financial disclosure. CNN found that Santos specified in at least [two separate interviews](https://www.temi.com/editor/t/z3sixS5DKJY-exUe9Vxvn7aqpFYqjYiWsEljAwbtunr4qZEqBebgwnyOsSS4_9SHIB1SC9puSYQ7iqsBaoUOXjGdRDU?loadFrom=PastedDeeplink&ts=8515.321) in the fall of 2020 that he received an MBA from NYU, [adding in one interview](https://www.podpage.com/police-off-the-cuff/police-off-the-cuff-after-hours-episode-37-with-george-santos-whos-running-for-congress-against-in-the-3rd-congressional-district/) that he had “zero debt” from his undergraduate and graduate studies. A CNN review of claims Santos has made about his education and employment history found the same discrepancies. [National Republican Congressional Committee website](https://nrcc.org/candidates/george-santos/), he claimed he received degrees from New York University and Barcuch College. “It’s unfair to blame the campaign for opposition research work that it did because the resources of a campaign are not as significant as a paper like The New York Times, that can do a lot more with its investigation,” Jacobs said. It was Santos’ second run – he lost to Democratic Rep. Santos’ biography has at times listed an education at Baruch College and New York University, earning degrees in finance and economics. CNN has reached out to Santos for comment. On a biography of Santos on the

Santos was one of four Republicans to flip seats during the November midterm election in Democrat-strong New York, helping Republicans clinch a slim ...

Santos was not named in the lawsuit and denied knowledge of the alleged fraud. Santos was among four Republicans to flip seats in deep blue New York, helping the GOP gain a narrow majority in the House. Santos did not respond to requests from The Times to provide evidence to back up his claims or to a list of questions sent to him, his lawyer and the Republican communications firm, Big Dog Strategies. He has aligned himself with former President Donald Trump by promoting Trump’s claims that fraud contributed to his 2020 election loss and he claimed to have attended the January 6 Capitol riot. . . Santos’ opponent in the midterm election, Democrat Robert Zimmerman, said he was not surprised by the Times’ findings, alleging “we always knew he was running a scam,” he said in a statement to

The New York Times has been unable to verify claims made by George Santos, including that some of his employees were killed at the Pulse nightclub shooting.

In an interview [with The Washington Post](https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2022/02/27/conservatives-cpac-ukraine/) Santos called Ukraine “a totalitarian regime,” and repeated Russian talking points alleging that eastern portions of Ukraine’s territory had “welcomed Russians into their provinces,” and “feel more Russian than Ukrainian.” [Santos’ biography](https://web.archive.org/web/20191218195409/https://www.devoldersantosforcongress.com/about-us/) claimed he was receiving his bachelor’s degree from Baruch College in New York. Santos’ campaign was unsurprisingly closely aligned with the Kremlin’s viewpoint on the invasion of Ukraine. It means that you’ve stood up for something, sometime in your life.” But much like Santos’ resume, the quote University officials were unable to locate any record of Santos having attended the college, or of receiving his degree, according to the Times. [claimed](https://rumble.com/vdxqj7-watch-the-right-view-with-lara-trump-bernie-kerik-and-george-santos.html) to have attended the Jan. His confirmed employment at Harbor City Capital coincided with a time in which the company was accused by the Securities and Exchange Commission of operating a Santos even at one point claimed four of his employees were killed at the 2016 Pulse nightclub shooting in Orlando, but as the Times notes, none of the 49 victims of the massacre have any connection to Santos’ firm. Santos reportedly confessed to and was charged with the crime in 2010, but authorities were unable to locate him, and the case remains unresolved. But the firm has has no website or LinkedIn page, and Santos did not list any clients of the firm on campaign disclosure forms. 6 “Stop the Steal” rally in Washington, D.C., the Brazilian-American son of immigrants is one of the first openly gay Republicans elected to [Congress](https://www.rollingstone.com/t/congress/). The Times was also unable to confirm the existence of various properties Santos claimed made up the family’s real estate fortune.

An investigation from the New York Times uncovered many holes and discrepancies in the background of newly elected representative George Santos.

The [Daily Beast](https://www.thedailybeast.com/george-devolder-santos-maga-house-candidate-in-new-york-haunted-by-gig-at-alleged-ponzi-scheme) reported in April that Santos, who worked as a regional director for the company, wasn’t named in the lawsuit. [Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee](https://dccc.org/the-case-against-george-santos/) acknowledged some of the concerns about Santos in an August press release, noting that he failed to file financial disclosures in 2021 and 2022. And we raised many of these issues and questions, but we were drowned out in a governor’s race where crime was the focus,” he said. The DCCC highlighted Santo’s ties to Harbor City Capital, a firm that the SEC [charged](https://markets.businessinsider.com/news/stocks/sec-charges-harbor-city-capital-ponzi-scheme-jonathan-maroney-fraud-2021-4-1030353550) with perpetrating a multimillion-dollar Ponzi scheme. [WNYC](https://www.wnyc.org/story/meet-your-new-member-congress/) interview, Santos even claimed that four employees of the company where he worked at the time, which he did not name, died in the Pulse nightclub shooting in Florida in 2016. The report also casts doubt on the existence of Friends of Pets United, a nonprofit animal charity Santos claimed to have founded.