George Santos was sworn in to the House of Representatives early Saturday to represent New York’s 3rd Congressional District, despite the scrutiny he is facing for lying about his experience.
Santos has admitted to lying about his heritage, work experience, education, and a bevy of other falsifications regarding his life during his primary and general election campaigns.
“I apologize if anybody feels hurt or betrayed,” Santos previously said during an interview with City & State.
Several of Santos’ colleagues in Congress have called for a House Ethics Committee investigation into his actions, including Congressman Ritchie Torres.
“The process starts with the Office of Congressional Ethics which will conduct a preliminary review and then if the preliminary review finds that the allegations have merit, they will refer the matter to the Ethics Committee,” Torres said.
In a statement on Wednesday, Santos’ spokesperson told PIX11 News the lawmaker is focused on his new job representing New Yorkers.
“George is preparing to take on his responsibilities in Congress and preparing for the next chapter. When he is able to allocate time to press inquiries, he will,” he said.
On Tuesday, Joseph Murray, an attorney for Santos, specifically addressed an unresolved 2008 fraud case against Santos in Brazil, which has reportedly been revived.
“In the abundance of caution, I am in the process of engaging local counsel to address this alleged complaint against my client,” wrote Murray, adding that he has not been contacted by law enforcement from any jurisdiction about criminal allegations against Santos.
Embattled congressman-elect George Santos left his Queens apartment with massive damage before moving on with his campaign trail, his former landlord has said.
Mr Santos and his sister Tiffany Lee Devolder Santos lived in the apartment in Whitestone until three months ago, the New York Post reported. The landlord of the two-bedroom 960-sq-ft apartment said that the siblings never paid rent late, but did cause damage.
“They had four dogs and they did a lot of damage to the place, so they left,” Nancy Pothos told the Post.
The outlet also reported that the modest residence, bought in 1999 for $200,000, is estimated to be worth $2,900 a month.
The Post’s report comes just days after a report from New York outlet Gothamist revealed that Mr Santos wrote that he was mugged on his way to deliver a rent cheque to Queens Housing Court on 15 January 2016 in an effort to resolve his case.
It is unclear whether that was the same residence rented by Ms Pothos.
The New York City Police Department has no record of any such attack.
The Republican wrote that he was “unable to provide a police report” and was told to return to police several days later to pick one up, according to an affidavit that was filled out under oath.
At the time, Mr Santos was set to pay $2,250 in back rent for his Queens apartment.
A spokesperson for NYPD told the outlet there was nothing on file related to Mr Santos’s claims.
38 comments:
This guy is a disgrace. He has no shame. He's just a common con artist only interested in getting as much for himself through his new position. Both Republicans and Democrats are to blame for not having him checked out more thoroughly. If he is ousted, he should be charged for the expense of having a special election.
He supposedly told a co-worker when he worked at a call center that he was born in Brazil, and that was less than seven years ago. That wouldn't be enough time for him to be a naturalized citizen. To borrow a page from the Trump playbook, "Let's see the birth certificate."
“He that is without sin among you, let him cast the first stone...”
Still waiting for someone to blame this on Joe Biden.
Gotta love the Rep. Party. Who's next?
King McCarthy will be Piglosi 2.0
Once you start looking at the government like a soap opera it all makes sense. They don’t care about the citizens, but they have to keep up the charade for your support. The uniparty strikes again.
Welcome to The Swamp !
Nothing to see here, folks. Keep moving.
MAGA drama - is Santos even his name?
Don’t forget the barmaid! She was from a dirt poor upbringing, NOT!!!!!
When did Blumenthal resign?
Elizabeth Warren said she is part Native American. Just sayin...
What about that woman who married her brother?
The great Cornholio is worst!
I don't live in that District but there is no way that his constituents can ever trust George Santos to represent their best interest. His whole existence is just one big farce.
Legend
Just another conman in the Traitorous TrumpTurd party.
And Biden claimed:
That his wife was murdered by a drunk driver.
And his son died in Iraq.
And giving his uncle the Purple Heart.
And he got arrested for protesting civil rights.
And "Nobody making under four hundred thousand bucks will have their taxes raised. Period.
And "I’m doing everything I can to lower gas prices."
And let's not forget that he is multiple times a plagiarizer.
And on and on and on....
Did McCarthy offer him a position in the new ministry of truth?
They may want to check out his hyphenated name Devolder-Santos
George Anthony Devolder Santos
http://search.sunbiz.org/Inquiry/CorporationSearch/SearchResultDetail?inquirytype=EntityName&directionType=Initial&searchNameOrder=DEVOLDERORGANIZATION%20L210002061500&aggregateId=flal-l21000206150-d2719327-f0cc-424e-8b6c-04026a110c67&searchTerm=DEVOLDER&listNameOrder=DEVOLDERLAWFIRM%20L160001128740
This guy is a stone cold hero, full stop. He's making a well deserved mockery of our fake, phony elections and our bought-and-paid-for government, stuffed to the ceiling with crooks, liars, con artists and psychopaths. Let a thousand Santos's bloom!
That district obviously contains a large number of Trumpanzees. Being such, they hardly care how often he lies or how crooked he is as long as he tows the MAGA line.
When has anyone ever seen a politician not lie? Every time anyone of them opens up their mouth they are lying.
He fits right in with the liar and chief Senile Joe.
I thought the headline was referring to Trump. Silly me.
Those highly educated democrats that are much more educated than Republicans always know who to vote for ! Or are they are just concerned with the narrative ?
If he identifies as a child of a holocaust survivor thats HIS TRUTH. Toxic pigs
So no one checked his credentials? He out of ALL the congress critters will probably be the most transparent EVER!!
There is no difference between Giuliani, Pelosi, Christie, Biden, Kavanaugh, Sotomayor, or Damato. They have succeeded into making us a banana republic full of "Alternative Facts" feudal casuistry where the "Truth is not the Truth" at the voting booth. Just count the jellybeans, please.
I'm not condoling this asshole but...Both Clintons, Obama and Adams lied and so far have done far FAR worse so where is the outrage?
Adams lived in New Jersey, and never was an actual NYC cop.
He was what you call a "house rat"
House rat: = A term cops use to describe an unqualified person handed a high job at a station who never gets his shoes dirty and usually only leaves the police station for funerals, photo ops, and food.
Funny for a now woke mayor racist, socialist bullshitter who claims he hates rats, Where is the outrage?
Sliwa should have been mayor.
-Joe
And Biden claimed:
I thought Biden has dementia, according to the MAGA crowd?
It's not Santos' plethora of lies that's the problem, it's the money. How did someone with almost no income suddenly come up with $700,000 (and not report the source of the money)? If he gets a slap on the wrist, is disciplined in some other way, or is even forced out of the House, it will be for campaign finance violations.
Arent' you DeM0Rats getting bored of 7 years of Get Trump ?
A chronic and habitual liar just like Trump!
@ "just like Trump"
The FBI Is FREAKING OUT About New House Investigations !
Let's just hope something of value comes from all of this.
Says it all about the party of Q-Anon.
Nutty as a fruitcake
He’s a lying piece of filth who needs to be frogmarched out of Congress and given to the authorities.
Santos is as loony as Covid Conga Line Vickie
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