Santos arrived in Washington to be sworn in Tuesday, but his swearing-in was delayed after Republicans who control the House failed in multiple rounds of voting to elect a speaker.
NEW YORK — Republican Rep.-elect George Santos of New York, who is accused of lying about large swaths of his background and accomplishments, will have to wait to add one thing with certainty to his resume: U.S. congressman.
While some fellow Republicans have called for ethics investigations or for Santos to resign, GOP House leaders, including McCarthy, have notably remained silent. For his part, Santos apologized for his fabrications but downplayed them as"sins" over embellishing his resume, telling The New York Post that"we do stupid things in life."
The New York attorney general's office said it's looking into the allegations surrounding Santos, while local district attorneys' offices in Queens and Long Island have also said they are reviewing whether Santos broke any laws. A judge accepted the charges against Santos in 2011, but subsequent subpoenas for him to appear personally or present a written defense went unanswered. With authorities repeatedly unable to determine his whereabouts, the case was suspended in 2013. But in a statement on Tuesday, state prosecutors in Rio de Janeiro said now that Santos' location is known they will petition to reopen the case. The state courts are in recess until Friday.
Two years later, in a similar filing, Santos reported income between $1 million and $5 million for each of 2022 and 2021 — all coming from the Devolder Organization, of which he had total interest. He described the entity as a"capital intro consulting company."The North Shore Leader, a newspaper on Long Island, raised questions before the election about Santos' finances and campaign spending, a report that drew little notice at the time.
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