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New York Rep.-elect George Santos faces allegations of false biography : NPR


Representative-elect George Santos, RN.Y., speaks at the annual leadership meeting of the Republican Jewish Coalition on Nov. 19 in Las Vegas.

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Representative-elect George Santos, RN.Y., speaks at the annual leadership meeting of the Republican Jewish Coalition on Nov. 19 in Las Vegas.

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A top New York Republican says allegations that Republican Representative-elect George Santos, RN.Y., faked much of his bio are “serious.”

“I believe George Santos deserves the opportunity to address the claims detailed in the article,” said Joseph Cairo Jr., the influential chairman of the Nassau County Republican committee.

He mentioned a story in The New York Times seems to suggest that key details of Santos’ official campaign biography are fabricated.

“Everybody deserves a chance to ‘clean up’ their name against the accusations,” Cairo added, adding that he was looking forward to hearing Santos’ response.

In my official bioSantos claims to have graduated from Baruch College with a “bachelor’s degree in economics and finance.”

That doesn’t seem to be true.

In a statement sent to NPR, Baruch University said it checked its records on “George Santos, born July 22, 1988, graduated in 2010 and could not find a match.”

NPR left a message for Santos but got no reply.

His campaign released a statement on Twitter Monday afternoon from an attorney representing Santos.

Joseph Murray said: “It is not surprising that Congressman-elect Santos has enemies in the New York Times who are trying to tarnish his reputation with these defamation allegations.

However, Murray offered no facts, evidence or documents to contradict the Times article, which also showed that Santos appeared to have fabricated important details of his business career.

Wall Street firms say Santos is not an employee

Santos often points to his success outside of politics as an example of the American dream.

“I am a private sector worker, born and raised in poverty,” Santos said in an interview. appeared on CBS Channel 2 in New York.

“Only in this country can someone from a basement apartment in Jackson Heights, like me, rise to become a successful businessman and then run for Congress.”

Citigroup and Goldman Sachs told the paper they had no record of Santos working for their company, as the candidate claimed in his bio.

In a statement to NPR, a Citi spokesman said it was “unable to confirm Mr. Santos’ employment with Citi.”

A spokesperson for Goldman Sachs also told NPR “we have no record of his employment.”

Santos, who is gay, also stated in an interview with public radio station WNYC Last month, his employee died in 2016 when a gunman opened fire at Pulse, a gay nightclub in Orlando, Fla.

“At the time, I happened to have people working for me in the club,” Santos said. “My company at the time, we lost four employees at Pulse.”

Santos added that he has “tragic memories” of that fatal shooting.

But New York Times The investigation could not find any link between any of the 49 victims and the companies or companies associated with Santos.

“He’s most likely just a myth – a fake”

Some journalists questioned Santos before the election.

In an editorial before the election, North Shore Leader newspaper endorsed Santos’ Democratic Party rival, Robert Zimmerman, and expressed skepticism about Santos’ credibility.

“[H]most likely it was just a fabrication – a forger,” the newspaper wrote.

It is not clear how these allegations may affect Santos and his ability to take office.

His surprising victory is part of a Republican red wave in New York that has given Republicans a majority in the House.

Santos has yet to address the controversy on his social media feeds but on Twitter he has said that he plans to vote for Representative Kevin McCarthy as Speaker of the House.

“We have a lifetime opportunity to bring real results to the American people. We MUST work for it [McCarthy]”, Santos wrote.

McCarthy, who is still fighting for enough votes to secure speaker rights, has yet to comment publicly on the controversy surrounding Santos’ biography.

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