George Santos (nonfiction)

George Anthony Devolder Santos (/ˈsɑːntoʊs/; born July 22, 1988) is an American politician who is the U.S. representative-elect from New York's 3rd congressional district, having first been elected in 2022. A member of the Republican Party, his district covers part of northern Long Island and northeast Queens.

Biography

Santos has made numerous false claims about his biography, work history and financial status, in public and private. Questions about his finances emerged in September 2022 in The North Shore Leader, a local Long Island publication. Six weeks after the election, numerous news outlets began reporting that large parts of his self-reported biography appear to be fabricated, including claims about his ancestry, education, employment, charity work, property ownership[2] and crimes he claimed to be the victim of. Santos has admitted to lying and, as of late December 2022, is under investigation by federal, state, and county authorities.

Santos claimed that his mother's parents were Ukrainian Jews who fled from the Holocaust to Brazil, but records obtained by several sources showed that his mother's parents were born in Brazil and none of her ancestors were Ukrainian or Jewish. Despite originally claiming to have "Jewish background beliefs" and calling himself a "a proud American Jew", Santos later said that "I never claimed to be Jewish...I said I was 'Jew-ish'."

There have been several judgments against Santos in eviction and personal debt cases in the United States, involving thousands of dollars. In 2008, he confessed to check fraud charges in Brazil, but did not appear in court, leaving the case unresolved.[6] Santos denied committing a crime and said, "I'm not a wanted criminal in any jurisdiction"; Brazilian authorities revived the case after his other falsehoods were discovered.

After unsuccessfully running for Congress in 2020, Santos was elected in 2022.

Commentary

To the troll defending Santos:

Your comparisons are feeble. George Santos is a deeply sociopathic liar, and apparently a conduit for illegal money, advanced by the GOP to deceive the electorate.

• Post @ Twitter (4 January 2023)

White Nationalist

George Santos was a “special guest” at a New York Young Republicans Club convention flooded with white nationalists, conspiracy theorists…

Marjorie Taylor Greene boasted that if she had planned the January 6th Capitol attack, "it would have been armed."

• https://dccc.org/george-santos-rubs-shoulders-with-white-nationalists-fellow-extremists/

• Post @ Twitter (6 January 2023)

Fiction cross-reference

• Gnomon algorithm
• Gnomon Chronicles
• Where did Long Island Congressman-elect George Santos learn to lie?

Nonfiction cross-reference

• George Santos: Follow the Money (nonfiction)

External links

• Is Manhattan DA Alvin Bragg Finally Ready to Indict Trump? @ The Daily Beast
• Incoming GOP congressman George Santos reportedly lied about his employment, his education, losing four employees in the Pulse shooting, his residence, and his religious background - yahoo.com
• George Santos, Member of Anti-LGBTQ Party, Wore Drag Under the Name “Kitara” in Brazil - It seems when Santos was younger, he was a drag queen who went by the name “Kitara Ravache.” Now he’s a far-right congressman in a party that calls drag queens groomers.
• Another Santos Money Mystery: He Struck a Curious Business Deal With a Veteran GOP Operative - Nancy Marks, his campaign treasurer and business partner, may have answers about Santos’ puzzling finances.
• Video shows George Santos calling himself Anthony Devolder at a 2019 event, raising questions about his name @ YouTube
• George Santos' backers include a migrant smuggler, a big Trump donor and the cousin of a sanctioned Russian oligarch @ CBS News
• Here’s Every Single Lie Told by George Santos @ New York Magazine
• Rep. George Santos was paid by a company the SEC called a 'classic Ponzi scheme' but never disclosed the payments as a candidate, report says @ Yahoo News
• Nassau County GOP calls for George Santos to resign @ CNBC
• George Santos campaign paid staffer nearly $100k to pretend to be Kevin McCarthy's chief of staff and get money from donors @ Business Insider
• Russian Oligarch’s Cousin Funneled Cash to N.Y. Politician George Santos @ The Daily Beast -Andrew Intrater, money manager to Russian Viktor Vekselberg, gave $56,100 to committees tied to Rep.-elect George Devolder-Santos, who called Ukraine “totalitarian.”
• Santos Illegally Hid Source of Campaign Donations, Group Alleges - Santos allegedly hid source of $705,000 loaned to campaign - Embattled GOP congressman also paid rent with campaign funds
• Op-Ed: Was George Santos Groomed to be a Russian Agent?
• George Santos Rubs Shoulders with White Nationalists, Fellow Extremists @ DCCC
• White Nationalists, Other Republicans Brace for ‘Total War’ @ Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC)
• https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/george-santos-lie-list-b2253258.html @ The Independent
• George Santos Has Treated the Nation to a Mudslide of Non-Facts Regarding Every Aspect of His Existence @ Esquire
• George Santos's Finances Are Under Federal Investigation @ Vanity Fair
• George Santos @ Wikipedia
• Congressman George Santos Charged in Campaign Finance Fraud Scheme @ Justice.gov
• Family members backed the $500,000 bond that freed Rep. Santos from jail @ NPR

Social media

• Post @ Twitter - George Santos - White Power