George Santos, the congressman-elect from New York who’s admitted to “embellishing” his resume, is being investigated by a New York prosecutor.
“The numerous fabrications and inconsistencies associated with Congressman-Elect Santos are nothing short of stunning. The residents of Nassau County and other parts of the third district must have an honest and accountable representative in Congress,” Nassau County District Attorney Anne T. Donnelly said in a statement regarding her fellow Republican on Wednesday. “No one is above the law and if a crime was committed in this county, we will prosecute it.”
Santos, who made history last month as the first openly LGBTQ non-incumbent Republican to be elected to Congress, was the subject of a bombshell investigation published by the New York Times earlier this month that found much of Santos’ background appeared manufactured, including claims that he had worked for Goldman Sachs and Citigroup and had graduated from Baruch College.
The story also raised questions about how he was able to lend his campaign $700,000 after claiming on a campaign finance form in 2020 that he was making $55,000 per year.
The DA’s probe was first reported by Newsday.
His campaign filings indicated he made millions of dollars in 2021. He told the news site Semafor in an interview Wednesday that he made his money with a company he started that was involved in the “capital introduction” industry after he connected with a network of wealthy investors. He said his work included “specialty consulting” for “high net worth individuals.” Santos’s company was dissolved in September, which Santos told Semafor was the result of his accountant turning in late paperwork.
In an interview Monday with the New York Post, Santos acknowledged fabricating details about his background, saying, “My sins here are embellishing my resume. I’m sorry.”
Another news outlet, 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.”
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