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Does anyone know who Rep. elect George Santos really is because nothing about his resume checks out [1]
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Date: 2022-12-19
The Fabulous Mr. George Santos
Five weeks ago, 34-year-old Republican George Santos was elected to represent the 3rd Congressional District in New York, an open seat on Long Island that he had previously sought in 2020 en.wikipedia.org/.... Santos 8 point victory was noteworthy as it marked a Republican pickup by a Trump supporter in a redrawn district that Joe Biden had won by 10+ points. Santos is also somewhat noteworthy as he was reported to be the first openly gay non-incumbent Republican to be elected to Congress. He has since gained some additional notoriety by attending a Republican gala with MTG and a cast of white nationalists. www.nytimes.com/… It seems that Mr. Santos notoriety is now likely to increase exponentially.
Earlier today the New York Times published an astonishing review of Mr. Santos resume and biography — and their research shows that almost nothing Congressman elect Santos has claimed about himself is true www.nytimes.com/.... Santos resume is apparently a work of bold fiction — far exceeding Herschel Walker’s and rather more like The Talented Mr. Ripley en.wikipedia.org/....
Herschel Walker claimed to have graduated from the University of Georgia — but Walker was actually enrolled there. Santos claims to have graduated from Baruch College where he supposedly earned degrees in finance and economics, but when NYT investigative reporters had the college search its records, they could find no record that Santos was ever a student there. Santos also claimed to have attended N.Y.U. but once again there are no school records to substantiate that claim.
Santos claimed to have worked for Goldman Sachs and Citigroup where his bio says he was “an associate asset manager” in the company’s real estate division, but when the NYT asked about his past employment there, both firms denied that they had ever employed him.
Congressman elect Santos claims to have founded a charity, Friends of Pets United, which he supposedly ran for five years beginning in 2013. However neither New York or New Jersey has ever had a charity registered in that name and the I.R.S. was not able to find any record showing that the group held a tax-exempt status.
The Times attempted to interview Mr. Santos at the address where he is registered to vote and that was associated with a campaign donation he made in October, but a person at that address said on Sunday that she was not familiar with him.
What the NYT did find was a long string of frauds, a history of unpaid rent and several highly questionable business dealings in Brazil, Florida and New York. Santos claims his family owns New York rental properties — and complained that during the pandemic the rents went unpaid by their tenants, yet his financial disclosure forms do not include any such property listings.
Among the many unanswered questions raised by the NYT article are the mysterious source of the financial resources that Santos suddenly seems to have obtained beginning in 2019. His company, The Devolder Organization, has no discernable assets or clients yet it seems to have been able to pay Santos a salary of $750,000, more than 10 times the verifiable earnings from Santos previous confirmed employments.
The NY Times piece ends with a tantalizing reference to the $40,000 Santos spend on travel during his campaign, including a trip to Florida where he stayed in the 5 star Breaker’s Hotel, just 3 miles from Mar-a-Lago.
The NYT expose on Mr. Santos should be widely read and shared. www.nytimes.com/...
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