George Santos

A week after the New York Times called his backstory into question, the representative-elect acknowledged that he did not graduate from college, ...

“I intend to deliver on the promises I made during the campaign,” the fabulist Santos told the Post, citing issues like crime and inflation. to bring results on those issues and that’s what I’m going to do.” [Best Books](https://www.vanityfair.com/style/photos/2022/12/best-books-of-2022?itm_content=footer-recirc&itm_campaign=more-great-stories-122022)of 2022 The company, according to the filings, has no public-facing assets and no reported clients. As the Times Days after a New York Times [report](https://www.nytimes.com/2022/12/19/nyregion/george-santos-ny-republicans.html) revealed major inconsistencies and falsehoods in his resume and purported backstory, Republican Representative-elect George Santos admitted to lying about his college and employment history—though he appeared to remain somewhat defiant and insisted that the revelations “will not deter me from having good legislative success.” Santos, who is openly gay, also acknowledged some recent reporting about aspects of his personal life, including his five-year marriage to a woman (“I’m very much gay…People change. After about a week of silence, Santos emerged Monday, acknowledging in interviews with the Post and other outlets that he had made up some of his credentials. I’m one of those people who change”), questions about his purported Jewish ancestry (“I never claimed to be Jewish…I said I was ‘Jew-ish’”), and some of his financial troubles (“I am not embarrassed by it”). Santos, a New York Republican whose victory in the 2022 midterms helped give the GOP a narrow House majority in the next Congress, claimed, among other things, to have graduated from Baruch College in 2010 before going on to a career as a “seasoned Wall Street financier and investor” for firms like Goldman Sachs and Citigroup. “I’m sorry.” After reporting a $55,000 salary in 2020, in September the incoming congressman reported a salary of $750,000 and dividends of over a million dollars from his company, according to the Times.

Congressman-elect George Santos stands at a podium labeled Republican Jewish Coalition in a dark. Congressman-elect George Santos said while campaigning that he ...

During his most recent congressional campaign, Mr. Contrary to records unearthed by The Times, Mr. Santos cast himself and his family as the owners of 13 properties. Rather, those four individuals were in the process of being hired, he said. Santos said that those “four employees” did not actually work for his Florida company. Santos’s maternal grandparents appear to have been born in Brazil ](https://www.nytimes.com/2022/12/21/nyregion/george-santos-jewish-descent-fraud.html)before World War II. Both firms told The Times that they had no record of Mr. Santos has said he graduated from Baruch College in Manhattan with a bachelor’s degree in economics and finance. When he enters Congress in 2023, several important unanswered questions will still hang over him. Santos, 34, a Republican, in November. Other discrepancies in his biography remain a mystery. Santos admitted that the information in his résumé about where he worked and went to school were not true.

U.S. Representative-elect George Santos, a New York Republican who this week acknowledged lying about his education and employment history while running for ...

"Face the voters with your real past & answer questions about your criminal history," the Democrat wrote on Twitter. I'm sorry," Santos told the Post on Monday. "I didn't graduate from any institution of higher learning," the newspaper quoted him as saying. Santos denied New York Times reporting that he had been charged with fraud in Brazil after being caught writing checks with a stolen checkbook. "He deceived us and misrepresented his heritage," said Matt Brooks, the coalition's chief executive. "I am Catholic.

A New York politician who built his 2022 campaign on false claims about his biography is set to take his seat next week in Congress.

3, “It was an honor to address fellow members of the Jewish community in #NY03.” Jewish Insider reports that he described himself last month [as a nonobservant Jew](https://jewishinsider.com/2022/11/daily-kickoff-interview-with-rep-elect-george-santos-sen-susan-collins-reflects-on-israel-trip/). But [the Forward](https://forward.com/news/529130/george-santos-jewish-lie-genealogy-records/) and [Jewish Insider](https://jewishinsider.com/2022/12/george-santos-republican-congress-jewish-long-island-brazil-family/) called that into question, noting that it appears his maternal grandparents were born in Brazil. [CNN added](https://www.cnn.com/2022/12/21/politics/george-santos-geneaology/index.html) that Santos’s claims are “contradicted by sources … [stated ](https://www.cnn.com/2022/12/21/politics/george-santos-geneaology/index.html)that “George’s grandparents fled Jewish persecution in Ukraine, settled in Belgium, and again fled persecution during WWII.” He has also claimed that they “survived the Holocaust” and changed their surname to survive. [no company employed more than two of the victims](https://www.clickorlando.com/news/local/2022/12/22/mother-claims-new-york-congressman-elect-lied-about-pulse-nightclub-attack/). The records state that he stole the checkbook of a man under the care of his mother when he was 19 but that officials could not locate him, so the case remains unresolved. [The Washington Post reported Monday](https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2022/12/26/george-santos-resume-wealth/?itid=lk_inline_manual_39), the question of where this money came from might be the biggest one — and perhaps the most troubling for Santos, given the legal implications, including for knowingly filing false financial disclosures. [2020 financial disclosure](https://disclosures-clerk.house.gov/public_disc/financial-pdfs/2020/10035760.pdf), he lent his 2022 campaign and political action committee at least $600,000. “We did lose four people that were going to be coming to work for the company that I was starting up in Orlando,” he told the Times. [“apartment in Rio de Janeiro](https://disclosures-clerk.house.gov/public_disc/financial-pdfs/2022/10050385.pdf)” valued at between $500,001 and $1 million. In fact, he said he currently resides outside the district that elected him, at his sister’s home, and is looking to purchase his own home. “We worked hard to acquire these assets,” he said, and the following day he complained about how his “tenants” were taking advantage of state law.

Representative-elect George Santos (R-NY), mired in allegations of widespread lying about all facets of his background after a New York Times investigation, ...

[The Washington Post](https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2022/12/27/george-santos-resignation-pressure/). Members can be expelled after taking office for any misconduct if two-thirds of the House supports expulsion. Ted Lieu (D-Calif.) [tweeted](https://twitter.com/tedlieu/status/1607542994034642944?s=20&t=c2zfSP1S6JA4jaYuYzUMMg) out saying “GOP Congressman-elect George Santos, who has now admitted his whopping lies, should resign,” and called upon GOP Leader Kevin McCarthy, who has not responded to the allegations, to call for Santos’ expulsion from the House. Santos' victory helped Republicans regain control of the House by a narrow 222 to 213 margin. Santos led with 54% while Zimmerman trailed behind with only 46% of the votes. The House can only prevent candidates from holding office if they have been lying about their state residency, their age and citizenship, according to a [Supreme Court case](https://www.lexisnexis.com/community/casebrief/p/casebrief-powell-v-mccormack). Also under scrutiny is the source of his finances. Other notable critics include House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and incoming House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.). In the same video interview with City & State, Santos asserted his consulting agency, Devolder Organization, started after he left his job at Harbor City Capital — alleged by the Securities and Exchange Commission as a [video interview](https://www.cityandstateny.com/stream/2022/12/exclusive-video-george-santos-camera-explanation-swirling-controversies/381290/) he had long heard the story of his grandparents being Holocaust refugees, though says he never claimed to be Jewish (he identifies as Catholic), saying his maternal grandparents Jewish heritage has made him “Jew-ish.” [The New York Times](https://www.nytimes.com/2022/12/19/nyregion/george-santos-ny-republicans.html) reported finding court records in Brazil showing that, when he was 19, he was confessed to police that he wrote checks (including one for a pair of shoes) with a stolen checkbook, though Santos denies it, telling the NY Post “I am not a criminal here — not here or in Brazil or any jurisdiction in the world.” [The Daily Beast ](https://www.thedailybeast.com/openly-gay-rep-elect-george-santos-didnt-disclose-divorce-with-woman)reported that Santos, the first openly gay Republican to win a House seat, never disclosed a past marriage with a woman during his campaign, though he now tells the NY Post he is a happily married gay man and comfortable with his sexuality.

The Republican Jewish Coalition (RJC) on Tuesday said Rep.-elect George Santos (R-N.Y.) “deceived” the organization and “misrepresented” his Jewish heritage ...

[is also cha](https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/3789457-democrat-zimmerman-challenges-santos-to-resign-and-face-him-again-in-special-election/) [llenging him](https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/3789457-democrat-zimmerman-challenges-santos-to-resign-and-face-him-again-in-special-election/) to a special election rematch. [said in a statement](https://twitter.com/RJC/status/1607767937234112518). The organization has hosted Santos at events before, including as a conference speaker and at a Hanukkah celebration this month. Santos, who flipped a Long Island House seat for the GOP, admitted in interviews with the New York Post and a local radio station that he fabricated parts of his resume. [See all Hill.TV](https://thehill.com/hilltv) [See all Video](https://thehill.com/video) [Court Battles](https://thehill.com/regulation/court-battles/) [House](https://thehill.com/homenews/house/) [Campaign](https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/) [Aviation](https://thehill.com/policy/transportation/aviation/) [See All](https://thehill.com) “He deceived us and misrepresented his heritage. “I am Catholic. [George Santos](https://thehill.com/tag/george-santos/) [George Santos](https://thehill.com/people/george-santos/) [Jewish heritage](https://thehill.com/tag/jewish-heritage/) [Long Island](https://thehill.com/city/long-island/) [Matt Brooks](https://thehill.com/tag/matt-brooks/) [New York](https://thehill.com/province-state/new-york/) [Republican Jewish Coalition](https://thehill.com/organization/republican-jewish-coalition/) [In The Know](https://thehill.com/blogs/in-the-know/) [News](https://thehill.com/homenews/) [News](https://thehill.com/homenews/) [State Watch](https://thehill.com/homenews/state-watch/) [See All](https://thehill.com/homenews/) [calling for the congressman-elect to resign](https://thehill.com/homenews/house/3789059-democrats-call-for-george-santos-to-resign-over-whopping-lies/) or be ousted. “I never claimed to be Jewish,” Santos said. “He has begun his tenure in Congress on a very wrong note. [leading to an inquiry from the RJC](https://thehill.com/homenews/house/3783446-republican-jewish-group-calls-on-incoming-gop-lawmaker-george-santos-to-answer-questions-about-heritage/).

GOP Rep.-elect George Santos is facing growing condemnation from House Democrats, some of whom have called on him to step aside, and even from some corners ...

In public comments and to us personally he previously claimed to be Jewish. Tulsi Gabbard, who was guest hosting Fox’s “Tucker Carlson Tonight,” Santos said, “My heritage is Jewish. “He deceived us and misrepresented his heritage. “While Santos has taken a required first step by ‘coming clean’ with respect to his education, work experience and other issues, he must continue to pursue a path of honesty.” Santos, and I expected more than just a blanket apology,” Cairo said in a statement. The House has the power under the Constitution to expel any member with a two-thirds vote, but doing so is extremely rare and only five lawmakers have been expelled in US history. “I am Catholic. McCarthy has also declined to weigh in when members are under investigation, arguing he will let the probes play out before determining how to proceed. I was raised a practicing Catholic.” “I never claimed to be Jewish,” Santos told the New York Post on Monday. House GOP leadership, however, remains silent over [revelations](https://www.cnn.com/2022/12/19/politics/george-santos-resume/index.html) that the New York Republican lied about parts of his biography. “I am deeply disappointed in Mr.

On Tuesday, congressman-elect George Santos addressed his résumé controversy during an appearance on Tucker Carlson Tonight with Tulsi Gabbard.

He also admitted that he “never worked directly” for Goldman Sachs and Citigroup, despite his previous assertions. His admission came after the New York Times published a report that raised discrepancies in his background. It was stated poorly,” Santos said, and stated that he “never claimed to be Jewish.” “I own up to that … Even in the campaign, I say ‘Guys, I’m Jew-ish.'” I’m having to admit this on national television for the whole country to see.”

Rep.-elect George Santos admitted in various interviews that he lied about his background on the campaign trail. Republican George ...

Former Rep. Tulsi Gabbard (D-Hawaii) ripped into Rep.-elect George Santos (R-N.Y.) over his embellishments and fabrications about his background, ...

It’s hard to imagine how they could possibly trust your explanations when you’re not really even willing to admit the depth of your deception to them,” Gabbard said. Anthony Weiner (D-N.Y.), who resigned in 2011 after the revelation of sexually explicit messages he sent to a minor, on WABC radio this week. And the people who are now, you’re asking to trust you to go and be their voice for them, their families and their kids in Washington?” Gabbard is the second former Democratic member of Congress to interview Santos this week. “Tulsi, I can say the same thing about the Democrats,” Santos responded. “Not being raised a practicing Jew, I’ve always joked with friends and circles, even within the campaign, I’d say, guys, I’m ‘Jew-ish.’ Remember, I was raised Catholic.” I was raised as a practicing Catholic,” Santos said. I’m not a persona. I’m not a facade. He’s the president of the United States. Joe Biden has been lying to the American people for 40 years. “Do you have no shame?

Democratic complacency, Republican extremism, and media decline contributed to the new congressman's victory.

But now, barring a surprise Santos resignation or action following investigations by the House Ethics Committee and the Department of Justice, Long Islanders—and the nation—are stuck with a congressman who is a figment of his own imagination. But they don’t have the resources to cover everything—not even everything in their political backyard—and they appear to have written off NY-3 as low priority given the district’s Democratic tilt. The media should have as well. That’s what I mean by Democratic complacency: the complacency of the establishment. The media’s failure to dig into Santos shows the predicament that local newsrooms face in 2022. The Republicans should have vetted Santos. But by and large, the district is as normal as Santos is extreme. Moderate Democratic candidates have fared well in the region since 2000. Voter disconnection must be part of the explanation for why Santos won. The district is On Monday, he [ admitted](https://www.nytimes.com/2022/12/26/nyregion/george-santos-interview.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare) that he’d engaged in serial falsehoods, but said that he intended to join the House majority anyway. Their disparate political attitudes reflect the ideological diversity of the area, which swings gently from red to blue and back again.

Rep.-elect George Santos (R-N.Y.) is starting to emerge from days of silence following explosive reports in The New York Times and elsewhere detailing key ...

Santos told the New York Post this week that his grandmother told stories about being Jewish before converting to Catholicism. [called for](https://twitter.com/nicklalota/status/1607832712836009989) “a full investigation by the House Ethics Committee and, if necessary, law enforcement” into Santos. A New York Times review found that none of the 49 victims appeared to have worked for any of the firms to which Santos was connected. It also said that one person who was supposed to benefit from a fundraiser held by Friends of Pets United never received those funds and that Santos gave excuses for not sending the money. Santos” and expects “more than just a blanket apology.” “We did have people who were being hired to work for the company at the time. I’m not a wanted criminal in any jurisdiction,” Santos told City & State in But just two years later, Santos reported bringing in a $750,000 salary from his company, the Devolder Organization. Santos was 19 at the time. His 2020 financial disclosure said that he made $55,000 from LinkBridge Investors during the previous year and listed no other assets, income or liabilities. In total, Santos brought in nearly $3 million from all sources during his 2022 campaign. He worked for a company called LinkBridge, he said, which did business with both other companies and helped make “capital introductions” through “limited partnerships.”

Santos, who was elected in November to represent New York's 3rd congressional district, had claimed to earn degrees from Baruch College and New York University ...

[resigned from his post as CEO of Yahoo](https://www.nytimes.com/2012/05/19/business/the-undoing-of-scott-thompson-at-yahoo-common-sense.html) when it was revealed he hadn't earned a degree in computer science despite saying he had on his resume. The same survey found a quarter of those queried never do. [told The New York Times](https://www.nytimes.com/2022/12/26/nyregion/george-santos-interview.html) they had no record of Santos graduating. In the academic world, a business school dean, Mario Enzler at the University of St. They could use a service such as Federal privacy laws generally prevent colleges from sharing more specific information, including grade point averages. He [claimed to earn a degree](https://www.ajc.com/politics/politics-blog/herschel-walkers-campaign-falsely-claimed-he-graduated-from-college/4GXXB3TDCBB2TONACZWKVWO5JE/) from the University of Georgia despite never graduating from the institution, according to the Atlanta-Journal Constitution. But earning a degree can And he probably won't be the last. Many white-collar jobs require a bachelor's degree, and earning one can still be a point of pride for students and their families. And David Tovar, a former vice president of communications at Walmart, was [ousted in 2014](https://www.nytimes.com/2014/09/17/business/17tovar.html) after being with the company for nearly a decade for saying he had earned a degree he had not.

Rep.-elect Nick LaLota, a Republican set to be sworn in next week, on Tuesday called for an ethics investigation into his fellow New Yorker George Santos, who ...

Roll Call [reported](https://www.rollcall.com/2022/12/27/fellow-new-york-republican-calls-for-santos-ethics-investigation/): [before Election Day](https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow-show/maddowblog/gops-santos-acknowledges-lies-questions-remain-rcna63316)? “These are blatant lies, and it calls into question how your constituents and the American people can believe anything that you may say when you are standing on the floor of the House of Representatives.” [so wealthy so quickly](https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2022/12/26/george-santos-resume-wealth/)? At this point, House Republican leaders, who desperately need Santos’ vote, are choosing to say [effectively nothing](https://www.nytimes.com/2022/12/27/us/politics/george-santos-mccarthy-republicans.html). [deceived](https://www.nytimes.com/2022/12/27/us/politics/george-santos-republican-jewish-coalition.html)” the organization about his faith.

New York congressman-elect George Santos now admits he “embellished” his background, though it seems he really just made most of it up.

[Semafor](https://www.semafor.com/article/12/28/2022/george-santos-tries-to-explain-his-wealth), Santos explained — without providing much detail — that the $3.5 million to $11.5 million he made from a company he founded in 2021 was from “deal building” and “specialty consulting” for “high-net-worth individuals.” The firm, Devolder, was dissolved in 2022 after it failed to file an annual report; Santos claimed it was an accounting error. The Times found no record of his having attended the college from which he claimed to have graduated, no evidence he worked for the financial firms he listed as his prior employers, no sign of an animal-rescue charity he boasted of founding, no indication his claim of Jewish (and Holocaust-adjacent) ancestry was real, and on and on. But by the time he first ran for office in 2015, the basic outlines of Trump’s life and career in business and entertainment were well known and clearly established. But he’s going to have to come clean and stop pretending he just buffed up his accomplishments and characteristics rather than just making them up. He also did not provide much detail about his employment at Harbor City Capital, a firm [accused](https://www.sec.gov/litigation/litreleases/2021/lr25082.htm) in April 2021 by the Securities and Exchange Commission of running a Ponzi scheme. With Republicans (and particularly presumptive Speaker [Kevin McCarthy](https://nymag.com/intelligencer/2022/11/the-many-ways-maga-republicans-threaten-kevin-mccarthy.html)) needing every vote they can muster to organize the House and Democrats being reluctant to disenfranchise Santos’s constituents, he will probably get away with his lies for the present. inventive, such as the claim that several of his employees in the shadowy family business he says he owns were killed in the But when the New York Times began [looking into his background](https://www.nytimes.com/2022/12/19/nyregion/george-santos-ny-republicans.html) in mid-December, it quickly became clear that the candidate who called himself the “full embodiment of the American Dream” may have been dreaming up an identity for himself. [George Santos](https://nymag.com/intelligencer/2022/12/what-hasnt-george-santos-lied-about.html), congressman-elect from the Third District of New York and international man of mystery, has been the feel-bad story of the holiday season. But the firm has has no website or LinkedIn page, and Santos did not list any clients of the firm on campaign disclosure forms. At any rate, Santos now has the celebrity that will make further “embellishments” impossible. The (apparently) 34-year-old Long Island Republican won one of the handful of upset races that gave his party a slim margin of control of the U.S.

“New Yorkers deserve the truth and House Republicans deserve an opportunity to govern without this distraction.” Meanwhile, on Fox News on Tuesday night, former ...

[Nick Wu reports](https://www.politico.com/news/2022/12/28/larger-squad-how-the-hills-newest-progressives-plan-to-wield-power-00075631) this morning. politics for The Post, dies at 90,”](https://www.washingtonpost.com/obituaries/2022/12/27/richmond-journalist-donald-baker-dead/)by WaPo’s Harrison Smith: “Mr. [NYT’s Jonathan Weisman and Ken Bensinger report](https://www.nytimes.com/2022/12/28/us/politics/ronna-mcdaniel-harmeet-dhillon-rnc.html). Mike Doyle (D-Pa.) is joining K&L Gates as a government affairs counselor in the firm’s public policy and law practice. SUMMER LEE (Pa.), MAXWELL FROST (Fla.), GREG CASAR (Texas), BECCA BALINT (Vt.) and DELIA RAMIREZ (Ill.) are among the names you can get ready to hear a lot. [“Transportation Department will be looking into Southwest flight cancellations, Buttigieg says,”](https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/transportation-department-will-looking-southwest-flight-cancellations-rcna63422)NBC [“Supreme Court blocks lifting of Trump-era Title 42 border policy,”](https://www.politico.com/news/2022/12/27/supreme-court-blocks-lifting-of-title-42-border-policy-00075650)by Myah Ward and Josh Gerstein: “The high court’s action spares the Biden administration from a court-ordered winding down of the policy, as both Republicans and Democrats warned that the U.S. “White House officials view the political salience of his agenda as both an underappreciated element of their ability to defy the expectations of sweeping GOP gains in the midterms and as a critical piece of what comes next. [WSJ’s Scott Calvert reports](https://www.wsj.com/articles/glenn-youngkin-floated-as-potential-2024-contender-first-faces-tests-in-2023-11672149621?mod=hp_listb_pos5) that Youngkin’s desires to pass a 15-week abortion ban and $1 billion in tax cuts could face stiff resistance in the Democratic-led state Senate. [“DeSantis ‘Czar’ Used Alias, Private Email As Contractor Sought Migrant Flights’ Deal,”](https://www.nbcmiami.com/news/local/desantis-czar-used-alias-private-email-as-contractor-sought-migrant-flights-deal/2937675/)by NBC 6 South Florida’s Tony Pipitone: “As his former client was seeking the contract to relocate migrants from Texas to Martha’s Vineyard, Gov. South Carolina is leading the way on a bill to define gender in the state constitution “in the context of reproductive potential,” not someone’s gender identity. And “the talks have been prompted in part by concerns over the lack of genomic sequencing data that could help identify the emergence of a new variant,” as health experts warn that China’s surge could birth the first new bad one in over a year.

New York Rep.-elect George Santos is facing mounting criticism from his future Democratic colleagues for fabricating parts of his biography.

"He must do the public's will in Washington. "Attempts to blame others or minimize his actions are only making things worse and a complete distraction from the task at hand." "The left doesn't care about lying. His whole life story made up, and he's going to have to answer that question: Did you perpetrate a fraud on the voters?" I will be effective," he "I am not a criminal. "He appears to be a complete and utter fraud. Yet over the last few weeks, I have heard from countless Long Islanders how deeply troubled they are by the headlines surrounding George Santos," LaLota said. Speaking [with the website Semafor](https://www.semafor.com/article/12/28/2022/george-santos-tries-to-explain-his-wealth), Santos gave some details about how he said he earned fees from his work in finance and business but did not name any clients. That's a question from Kevin McCarthy at this point in time," Jeffries said. Additionally, Santos did not identify any clients of the firm on his financial disclosure forms. A 2020 disclosure form stated that Santos was paid a $55,000 salary the previous year.