On Wednesday, New York state justices opened a preliminary investigation into the “extraordinary inventions” of a newly elected Republican lawmaker to the US Congress, who admitted he had grossly lied about his resume and was forced to resign.
George Santos, who wrested a seat from Democrats in the Nov. 8 legislative election for Nassau County — a part of Long Island east of New York City — confessed Monday that he had “beautified his resume.”
“The many inventions and inconsistencies related to the elected parliamentarian [George] The Santos are simply stunning,” thundered Nassau District Attorney Anne Donnelly in a statement broadcast by the local New York press.
This Republican magistrate defended “the residents of Nassau and other areas of the Third District [qui] must have an honest and responsible representative in Congress” in Washington.
“No one is above the law and if a crime has been committed in this county, we will prosecute it” in court, the prosecutor said.
Mr. Santos admitted that he had never worked for the big American banks Goldman Sachs or Citigroup, nor that he has a degree from New York University (NYU), contrary to his claims.
However, this son of Brazilian immigrants born in Queens, one of the five districts of New York City, has categorically shelved the idea of renouncing the seat he should occupy from January 3 in the House of Representatives.
He told the New York Post “don’t be a criminal”.
These lies on several points in his biography were revealed in December by an investigation by New York Times.
Several Democratic Party members have called on Republican opposition leader Kevin McCarthy to organize a vote to oust Santos if he refuses to step down.
The state of New York, rather pro-Democrat and led by the governor of this center-left organization Kathy Hochul, has seen several seats in the House of Representatives go from the Republican side.
The Republican Party will thus benefit from a narrow majority in the lower house of Congress in Washington, but the Democrats will maintain their majority in the Senate.
