On top of persistent questions about falsehoods surrounding his past employment, education, and family background, George Santos is also facing separate investigations into his financial affairs and campaign finances.
Mr Santos was elected to the House of Representatives in November, but his short career in office has been dogged by continued revelations of falsehoods in his self-penned backstory.He claimed his grandparents survived the holocaust, but genealogical research found no evidence they had Jewish ancestry. Mr Santos subsequently claimed never to have claimed to be Jewish, only"Jew-ish".
He said his mother was in the World Trade Centre during the 9/11 attacks, but immigration records show she wasn't in the country at the time. His claim to have been a Wall Street banker has been discredited by the employers he listed on his CV.Drag performers in Brazil say they rememberTwitterCalls for Mr Santos to resign as a congressman have been made by Republicans as well as his Democrat opponents.
In the district where he was elected, New York's Nassau County, local Republicans have called for him to stand down, calling his election campaign one of"deceit, lies and fabrication". Santos, however, still enjoys the backing of senior Republicans on Capitol Hill, who need his seat to maintain a slim majority in the House of Representatives.
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