Rep- choose George Santos, R-N.Y., confessed Monday that he lied about his task experience and college education throughout his effective project for a seat in the U.S. House.
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Rep- choose George Santos, R-N.Y., confessed Monday that he lied about his task experience and college education throughout his effective project for a seat in the U.S. House.
In an interview with the New York Post, Santos stated: “My sins here are embellishing my resume. I’m sorry.”
He likewise informed the paper: “I campaigned talking about the people’s concerns, not my resume” and included, “I intend to deliver on the promises I made during the campaign.”
The New York Times raised concerns recently about the life story that Santos, 34, had actually provided throughout his project.
The Queens local had actually stated he had actually gotten a degree from Baruch College in New York, however the school stated that could not be validated.
On Monday, Santos acknowledged: “I didn’t graduate from any institution of higher learning. I’m embarrassed and sorry for having embellished my resume.”
He included: “I own up to that. … We do stupid things in life.”
Santos had likewise stated he had actually worked for Citigroup and Goldman Sachs, however neither business might discover any records validating that.
Santos informed the Post he had “never worked directly” for either monetary company, stating he had actually utilized a “poor choice of words.”
He informed the Post that Link Bridge, an investment firm where he was a vice president, worked with both.
Another news outlet, the Jewish American website The Forward, had actually questioned a claim on Santos’ project site that his grandparents “fled Jewish persecution in Ukraine, settled in Belgium, and again fled persecution during WWII.”
“I never claimed to be Jewish,” Santos informed thePost “I am Catholic. Because I learned my maternal family had a Jewish background I said I was ‘Jew-ish.'”
Santos initially ran for Congress in 2020 and lost. He ran once again in 2022 and won in the district that consists of some Long Island residential areas and a little part of Queens.
