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A New York Times report exposed the politician’s lies.
He claimed to be the son of immigrants who became “the embodiment of the American dream”, but in reality his resume was full of lies.
George Santosa Republican candidate for US Congress elected in the November election, admitted to fabricating his extensive resume.
Santos, who claims to be son of Brazilian immigrants and won a representative seat from New York, held who had worked in large companies Of Wall Street and that he had a university degree. Nothing was real.
He also claimed that he came from a poor and Jewish family, having been educated in public schools, which is now also being questioned.
The politician, who has also come out as gay, making him the only openly gay Republican in the US Congress, assured after his lies were exposed that “we all do stupid things in life”.
However, he said that in any case he will assume his position on January 3, when a new legislative session begins in the North American country.
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Your reality laid bare
Santos’ lies were revealed in a New York Times report, following a review of public documents refuting claims made by the Republican during his campaign.
Santos, 34, had said he had worked on Wall Street for Goldman Sachs and Citigroup. Both banks have denied this.
When the story was published in The New York Times, her attorney said the statements in it misrepresented her record, describing them as “defamatory.”
Then the same politician acknowledged to the New York Post that “I had never worked directlyfor both banks and that he had made a “bad choice of words”.
Santos was an employee of a company called Link Bridge, of which he was a vice president, and did business only with the two financial giants, he explained.
He also admitted that he didn’t go to college, despite previously saying he graduated from Baruch College in New York City in 2010.
There are documents proving that he called a non-profit organization Friends for animals unitedto help abandoned animals, but a beneficiary of one of the fundraising activities carried out by the institution never received the money.
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Santos also did not make public that he was married to a woman and divorced in 2019.
The financial documents he filed during his campaign portrayed him as a man with money, who would donate tens of thousands of dollars to other candidates.
However, according to the New York Times, his alleged company, the Devolder Organization, does not have a website or LinkedIn profile. Furthermore, there is no evidence of an alleged fortune of the Santos family linked to the real estate world.
“I have not graduated from any higher education institution. I am ashamed and regret that I embellished my resume,” he said after discovering his lies.
“My sins here are gracing my resume. I’m sorry,” she added.
it won’t stop
Despite criticism from his opponents, the Republican insists he is not a criminal and says he will serve out his two-year term in Congress.
Santos, who was elected to Congress Nov. 8 to represent parts of Long Island and Queens, defeated Democrat Robert Zimmerman, who said his rival had admitted to being a liar and should be investigated by the Department of Justice.
He also suggested that Santos should “resign and run against me in a special election” and “confront voters with his real past.”
