Incoming Republican New York Congressman George Santos appears to have presented voters and the public at large with a personal history that's positively riddled with falsehoods, according to a damning exposé from The New York Times.
For starters, Santos claimed that he earned degrees in economics and finance from Baruch College and New York University. However, when the Times inquired, neither school was able to locate any record of this attendance.
Santos faces more than just humiliation. If he's found to have knowingly and willfully made material omissions or misrepresentations on his House financial disclosures, he faces penalties of up to $250,000 and five years in prison.
He could well face a House ethics investigation, but the timing of that seems to make it likely that, barring his resignation, he'll be sworn in in January.
Just hours after the Times notified him about their pending report, looking like a man thrashing around for a lifeline, Santos posted a resounding endorsement of Kevin McCarthy, who's in the midst of a tumultuous drive to become Speaker of the House.
via patriottruthnews