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☆ George Santos once bragged about having no student debt from a school he never actually attended: 'I hate looking at youth today and seeing them sitting on their behinds'
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-17 | by ( Ayelet Sheffey | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

In a 2020 podcast, Rep. George Santos bragged about graduating from NYU without student debt. Santos has previously criticized student debt relief, saying it would be an unfair policy. That didn't stop him from sharing his opinions on student debt during his initial, and failed, congressional run three years ago. In May 2022, he wrote on Twitter: "Allow me to solve the student debt issue: Step 1: You take out the loan. "Student debt cancellation will change lives, and I'm proud to have fought for it," Congressional Progressive Caucus Chair Pramila Jayapal wrote on Twitter.

☆ George Santos — accused of falsifying most of his CV — says he is a 'workhorse' and that he's 'lived an honest life'
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-13 | by ( Cheryl Teh | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

George Santos told Matt Gaetz that he has lived an "honest life." During the podcast, Santos told Gaetz he has "lived an honest life" and has "never been accused of any bad doing." Santos admitted to the New York Post in December that he never graduated from any institute of higher learning. Prosecutors in Long Island said on December 28 that they opened an investigation into Santos. Long Island Republicans and the New York State GOP in January called on Santos to resign, but he has refused to do so.

[1/3] U.S. Representative George Santos (R-NY) departs his office to attend a House vote on Capitol Hill in Washington, U.S., January 12, 2023. "If 142 people ask for me to resign, I will resign," he said. Santos has repeatedly said he will not resign, even as pressure has grown within his own party for him to do so. On Wednesday, more than a dozen Republicans officials, many of them from Santos' New York City-area district, demanded the newly elected congressman's resignation. An online petition calling for Santos' resignation has been started by Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington, a nonprofit ethics watchdog organization.

☆ U.S. Rep. Santos opens door to resignation - 'if 142 people 'ask'
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-12 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

[1/2] U.S. Representative George Santos (R-NY) walks to a vote on Capitol Hill in Washington, U.S., January 12, 2023. "If 142 people ask for me to resign I will resign," the Republican congressman replied to reporters as he hurriedly exited a Capitol Hill office and entered an elevator. However, upon walking into his office during a separate exchange with reporters, Santos was asked whether he would resign, and he said, "I will not resign. On Wednesday, more than a dozen Republicans officials, many of them from Santos' New York City-area district, demanded the newly elected congressman's resignation. Deceived and connived his way into Congress," House Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries, also from New York, told reporters.

☆ NY Republican leaders and lawmakers call on GOP Rep. George Santos to resign over campaign lies
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-11 | by ( Https | Media-Cldnry.S-Nbcnews.Com Image Upload Newscms Summer-Concepcion-Byline-Jm.Jpg | Summer Concepcion | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +8 min

“George Santos’ campaign last year was a campaign of deceit, lies and fabrication,” Nassau County GOP Chairman Joe Cairo said at a news conference with other party officials. But House Speaker Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., said that Cairo’s call for Santos’ resignation doesn’t affect his thinking on the issue. The New York State Conservative party said it stands with the Nassau County GOP in calling for Santos’ resignation in a statement. It will work itself out in the end.”Nassau County GOP officials initially endorsed Santos in the 2022 election cycle. Wednesday's announcement from Nassau County officials also comes amid several investigations into Santos' campaign and other calls for him to resign.

WASHINGTON, Jan 11 (Reuters) - Embattled U.S. Representative George Santos said he had no plans to heed fellow New York Republicans' calls to step down, a plea they made on Wednesday due to what they called "lie after lie after lie" about his career and history. The New York Republicans made their plea at a news conference two days after a nonpartisan watchdog accused Santos of breaking campaign finance laws in a filing with the Federal Election Commission. "It's just lie after lie after lie. Republican Representative Nick Langworthy from western New York and Representative Anthony D'Esposito, who represents a district next to that of Santos, were also among those calling on the first-term congressman to step down. During the news conference, officials said they would direct Santos' constituents to Representative D'Esposito in some cases, who had agreed to help residents of Santos' district.

WASHINGTON — House Speaker Kevin McCarthy said Wednesday that embattled freshman GOP Rep. George Santos, who is facing growing calls to resign after admitting to fabricating much of his personal biography, should not be seated on any top committees. "No," McCarthy said emphatically as he headed into a GOP Steering Committee meeting where members are deciding which colleagues should serve on certain committees. Lawmakers of both political stripes argue that seating Santos on committees could be a national security risk. Democrats say that McCarthy and the leadership team shouldn't seat Santos on any committees, while some Republicans agree with McCarthy: Keep Santos off the panels that handle the most sensitive, classified information. Dusty Johnson of South Dakota, the head of the Main Street Caucus, said Santos shouldn't serve on any committees.

☆ Rep. George Santos claimed he had a 3.89 GPA at a college he never actually attended
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-11 | by ( Madison Hall | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

The resume Rep. George Santos gave the Nassau County Republican Committee is full of lies. The resume, published by the New York Times, says he graduated from Baruch College summa cum laude with a high 3.89 GPA. Santos told the GOP committee he had obtained the high GPA at Baruch College, which recently said Santos never attended. Joseph Cairo, the chair of the Nassau County Republican Committee, called for Santos to resign on Wednesday. Cairo also pointed to another lie he said Santos told him.

☆ Democratic lawmakers seek House Ethics Committee probe into George Santos over financial disclosures
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-10 | by ( Https | Media-Cldnry.S-Nbcnews.Com Image Upload Newscms Summer-Concepcion-Byline-Jm.Jpg | Summer Concepcion | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +3 min

“Given the revelations about his biography, as well as the public information pertaining to his financial disclosures, Mr. Santos has failed to uphold the integrity expected of members of the House of Representatives,” the complaint reads. Santos did not answer questions when he left his office later Tuesday. Santos voted for McCarthy in all of the rounds. Upon entering Congress, Santos did not appear to have received a warm welcome from most of his GOP colleagues. During the numerous speaker votes last week, Santos was often seen sitting by himself, except for one occasion when he was photographed chatting with far right lawmaker Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, R-Ga.

☆ GOP Rep. Nancy Mace says Rep. George Santos' 'entire résumé and life was manufactured' and that it will be 'very difficult to work with anyone who cannot be trusted'
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-09 | by ( Madison Hall | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

GOP Rep. Nancy Mace spoke about her new colleague, Rep. George Santos, on CBS News. She said it will be "very difficult" to work with Santos because he's proven untrustworthy. "It's very clear his entire résumé and life was manufactured until a couple days ago when he finally changed his website." While also appearing on "Face the Nation," GOP Rep. Tony Gonzales defended him by simply saying, "there's a lot of frauds in Congress." "I mean, George Santos is the least of this country's worries," he added.

WASHINGTON — George Santos, the 34-year-old New York Republican who's confessed to lying about part of his background, was sworn into the House early Saturday amid several investigations into his campaign and calls for him to resign. Santos officially took office when the new Congress was convened after Republicans finally elected Rep. Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., as House speaker. And despite presenting himself as Jewish during his congressional campaigns, Santos told the Post, "I never claimed to be Jewish." Several House Democrats have criticized Santos, but none more than Rep. Ritchie Torres of New York, who's taken to trolling Santos on social media. Former Rep. Kevin Brady, R-Texas, who recently retired from Congress, said Sunday that Santos should consider resigning.

☆ George Santos arrived in D.C. this week. No one is more riled than N.Y.'s other gay congressman.
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“The House Republican chaos has a silver lining,” Torres tweeted Wednesday, referring to Republicans’ difficulty in electing a House speaker. Does Stefanik have George Santos in mind?” Torres tweeted Tuesday. In another tweet last week, Torres posted a screenshot of an invitation Santos sent to supporters, inviting them to celebrate his swearing into Congress. “He’s a pathological liar who cannot be trusted to serve the very public he defrauded,” Torres told MSNBC’s Joy Reid on Monday. “No one has handed me anything on a silver platter,” he previously told NBC News.

☆ Rep.-elect George Santos dodged reporters and sat alone in the House chamber on his first day in Congress
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-03 | by ( Sonam Sheth | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Embattled Rep.-elect George Santos arrived for his first day in Congress on Tuesday. Santos — who lied about his education, religion, and work background — was also seen dodging reporters. Later in the afternoon, Santos was loudly booed by Democrats when he cast a vote for California Rep. Kevin McCarthy to be House speaker, according to CBS News. On Tuesday evening, the chamber adjourned for the day and voting will resume at noon on Wednesday. In a previous campaign for Congress, Santos claimed he had attended Horace Mann School, a prestigious preparatory school in the Bronx.

Rep. Kevin Brady, R-Texas, said Sunday that Rep.-elect George Santos should consider resigning after he admitted that he fabricated and “embellished” several claims about his background involving his education and work history. Santos, who made LGBTQ political history when he won the November race in New York’s 3rd Congressional District, is set to be sworn in Tuesday when the new Congress begins. During an interview on “Fox News Sunday,” Brady, who is retiring from Congress, said Santos would need to “take some huge steps” to regain public trust. “He certainly is going to have to consider resigning.”However, Brady said, Santos could redeem himself by owning up to his missteps. House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., and Rep. Tom Emmer, R-Minn., the outgoing chair of the National Republican Congressional Committee, have ignored questions from reporters about Santos and whether he should be seated.

It’s not surprising to see that federal prosecutors, state prosecutors and New York’s attorney general are reportedly looking into Santos’ deception, and much of the public likely wants to see Santos punished for his duplicity. Yet despite the brazenness and provable nature of Santos’ lies, no one should believe that an indictment is guaranteed. Lying to the public, as Santos has, may be despicable and indefensible, but it is not a crime. Santos’ lies could be a goldmine for establishing intent and impeaching him on cross-examination at trial, and, if he is convicted, enhancing his punishment at sentencing. And there are no obvious state violations or other punishments coming for Santos unless state investigators uncover new facts.

☆ Federal prosecutors are probing Rep-elect George Santos' finances after he admitted to lying about some of his work and education history: reports
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-29 | by ( Lina Batarags | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

Federal prosecutors are looking into Rep-elect George Santos' finances, per media reports. Santos has admitted to lying about parts of his work and education history. Santos' most recent financial disclosure shows a $750,000 salary from a company he founded. Santos also lent $705,000 to his campaign through Devolder, per a Federal Election Commission form filed on December 8. On Monday, he admitted that sections of his work history – including the stints at both Goldman and Citigroup — were made up.

George Santos, the congressman-elect from New York who's admitted to "embellishing" his résumé, is being investigated by a New York prosecutor. "The numerous fabrications and inconsistencies associated with Congressman-Elect Santos are nothing short of stunning. He said his work included “specialty consulting” for “high net worth individuals.” Santos' company was dissolved in September, which Santos told Semafor was the result of his accountant's turning in late paperwork. In an interview Monday with the New York Post, Santos acknowledged having fabricated details about his background, saying: “My sins here are embellishing my resume. Because I learned my maternal family had a Jewish background I said I was ‘Jew-ish,’” he said.

Anne Donnelly, the district attorney for Nassau County, said the allegations that have surfaced in recent days regarding Santos were serious. "The numerous fabrications and inconsistencies associated with Congressman-Elect Santos are nothing short of stunning," Donnelly, a Republican, said in a statement. But reporting by the New York Times and other media outlets in recent weeks called into question almost every element of Santos' life story. Among other claims, Santos said he had degrees from New York University and Baruch College, despite neither institution having any record of him attending. In recent days, Santos has apologized for "embellishing" his resume, while defending aspects of the way he had represented himself.

☆ Congressman-elect George Santos faces increasing calls to resign
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-27 | by ( Jo Yurcaba | Jo Yurcaba Is A Reporter For Nbc Out. | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +8 min

Congressman-elect George Santos is facing increasing calls to resign following admissions that he fabricated parts of his resumé, including information about his education and employment history. “I’m not saying I’m not guilty of that.”Congressman-elect George Santos speaks during a press conference in Baldwin, N.Y. on Nov. 9, 2022. NBC News attempted to reach George Santos overnight but has not yet received a response. Public employment records only show one employer for Santos’ mother: Imports by Rose, a company based in Queens that shuttered in 1994. When asked about Santos’ claims regarding his mother, Santos’ attorney, Joseph Murray, referred NBC News to Kevin Connors, whom Murray said would be handling Santos’ press inquiries.

☆ Rep.-Elect George Santos Admits He Lied About His Résumé
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-27 | by ( Jan Wolfe | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

George Santos, who was elected to represent part of Long Island, N.Y., said he lied about graduating from Baruch College. WASHINGTON—Congressman-elect George Santos admitted in two separate interviews on Monday that he lied on the campaign trail about his education and work experience but said he hasn’t committed any crimes and still intends to serve in Congress. Mr. Santos, a Republican elected last month to represent part of Long Island, N.Y., told the New York Post and radio station WABC that he lied about graduating from Baruch College. He also admitted that he never worked directly for Wall Street firms Citigroup Inc. and Goldman Sachs Group Inc., as he had previously suggested on his campaign’s website.

☆ N.Y. Rep.-elect Santos admits lying about career, college
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-27 | by ( The Associated Press | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +2 min

WASHINGTON — Rep.-elect George Santos, R-N.Y., admitted Monday that he lied about his job experience and college education during his successful campaign for a seat in the U.S. House. In an interview with the New York Post, Santos said: “My sins here are embellishing my resume. The Queens resident had said he had obtained a degree from Baruch College in New York, but the school said that couldn’t be confirmed. Another news outlet, the Jewish American site The Forward, had questioned a claim on Santos’ campaign website that his grandparents “fled Jewish persecution in Ukraine, settled in Belgium, and again fled persecution during WWII.”“I never claimed to be Jewish,” Santos told the Post. He ran again in 2022 and won in the district that includes some Long Island suburbs and a small part of Queens.

☆ NY Rep.-elect Santos admits lying about career, college
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-27 | by ( ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

Rep.-elect George Santos, R-N.Y., admitted Monday that he lied about his job experience and college education during his successful campaign for a seat in the U.S. House. Rep.-elect George Santos, R-N.Y., admitted Monday that he lied about his job experience and college education during his successful campaign for a seat in the U.S. House. In an interview with the New York Post, Santos said: "My sins here are embellishing my resume. Santos told the Post he had "never worked directly" for either financial firm, saying he had used a "poor choice of words." "I never claimed to be Jewish," Santos told the Post.

☆ George Santos deleted his campaign biography and blamed 'elitist' New York Times for his lies about his employment history
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-27 | by ( Bryan Metzger | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

In one interview, he blamed the "elitist" New York Times for his lies about his employment history. And in an interview with City & State NY that was published Monday night, he blamed the New York Times for misrepresentations he had made about his employment history. "The moment I put that on a resume, and I put it out there, elitists like the New York Times like to call blue-collar jobs like that 'odd jobs.' "The reality is, yes, I omitted, like, past employment history that was irrelevant to the role," he added. During his interview with City & State NY, Santos also addressed his prior marriage to a woman; Santos is the first non-incumbent gay Republican ever elected to Congress.

☆ Incoming GOP congressman George Santos reportedly lied about his employment, his education, losing four employees in the Pulse shooting, his residence, and his religious background
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-27 | by ( Bryan Metzger | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +8 min

An incoming GOP congressman from Long Island has several gaps in his resume, according to news reports. Santos has begun to address the falsehoods in interviews with the New York Post and City & State New York. But representatives from the school told the Times they had no record of his enrollment, despite searching multiple variations of his name. Santos has said that he never claimed to be Jewish, just "Jew-ish," despite describing himself as a "proud American Jew" during his campaign. The Republican Jewish Coalition now says he lied to them.

☆ Congressman-elect George Santos admits to lying about key details of his background, including work history to college education
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-27 | by ( Ellen Thomas | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

Rep.-elect George Santos told The New York Post he fabricated key details about his credentials. Santos lied about working for Goldman Sachs and Citigroup and graduating from Baruch College. The New York Times investigation revealed that Baruch College had no record of Santos as a student. "I never claimed to be Jewish," Santos told The Post, saying that his grandmother, "told stories about being Jewish" before converting to Catholicism. Because I learned my maternal family had a Jewish background I said I was 'Jew-ish.'"

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