George Santos, newly elected to the House of Representatives, admitted to having lied about his Jewish ancestry, his pedigree at Wall Street and his university diploma. He will have to respond to justice and some of his colleagues who ask for his resignation.
MO12345LEMONDE with AFP
A New York State prosecutor opened a preliminary investigation on the “amazing inventions” of a republican parliamentarian for the United States Congress on Wednesday, December 28, who admitted to having lied on his CV on Wednesday and which is pushed to resignation.
George Santos, who delighted a siege to the Democrats during the legislative elections of November 8 for the constituency of the county of Nassau – part of Long Island in the east of the city of New York – had confessed on Monday to “embellish his CV “. “The many inventions and inconsistencies related to the elected parliamentarian (George) Santos are simply astounding,” thundered in a press release relayed by the New York local press the prosecutor for the district of Nassau Anne Donelly.
This republican magistrate defended “the inhabitants of Nassau and other regions of the third constituency (who) must enjoy an honest and responsible representative in the Congress” in Washington. “No one is above the laws and if an offense has been perpetrated in this county, we will pursue it” in court, committed the prosecutor.
m. Santos admitted that he had never worked for the big American banks Goldman Sachs or Citigroup, nor have a university diploma of the New York University (NYU), contrary to what he claimed. This son of Brazilian immigrants born in Queens, one of the five arrondissements of the city of New York, also lied about his Jewish ancestry, but has not yet answered certain questions concerning the source of what seems to be a fortune quickly collected despite recent financial problems.
The elected official, however, categorically swept away the idea of abandoning the seat that he is supposed to occupy from January 3 in the House of Representatives. He told the New York Post “not being a criminal”. These lies on several points in his biography were revealed in December by a New York Times investigation. Several members of the Democratic Party called on the chief of the republican opposition Kevin McCarthy to organize a vote to exclude Mr. Santos if he refuses to resign.
The New York State, rather favorable to the Democratic Party and led by the governor of this organization of Center left Kathy Hochul, saw several seats in the House of Representatives switch to the republican side. The Republican Party will thus benefit from a short majority in the Lower Congress Chamber in Washington but the Democrats will keep their majority in the Senate.