New York Rep-Elect Who Falsely Defended Career and Personal Life Admits It

New York Republican Congressman-elect George Santos has come out about some questionable aspects in his personal and professional life.

In an interview with New York Post Monday’s admission by Santos that he lied about his claim that he worked at Citigroup and Goldman Sachs was false. He also acknowledged that he didn’t graduate from college. Santos also admitted that he embellished details about his personal life, religion, and sexuality. He said however that these controversies would never detract his duties.

“I am not a criminal,” Santos said. “This will not deter me from having good legislative success. I will be effective. I will be good.”

As previously reported According to The Daily Wire Santos claimed that he received degrees in finance at Baruch College and New York University. CNN and The Times confirmed that Santos had not been to NYU or Baruch.

In his campaign biography, Santos claimed that he worked for Wall Street companies Citigroup and Goldman Sachs. CNN and the Times were told by both companies that there is no record of him ever having worked at these firms.

Santos, in an interview with the Post, admitted that he “never worked directly” For Citigroup, Goldman Sachs, or Goldman Sachs. Instead, he stated that Link Bridge (a company he worked at) did business with both Citigroup and Goldman Sachs. “Limited Partnerships.” Santos said he helped make “capital introductions” Between investors and clients.

Santos later admitted that he had never graduated from college. “I didn’t graduate from any institution of higher learning. I’m embarrassed and sorry for having embellished my resume,” He told the Post. “I own up to that … We do stupid things in life.”

News reports revealed that Santos also lied about his professional life. personal life. According to New York court records, George Devolder Santos filed an uncontested divorce in 2019 with Uadla Santos VIeira Santos. Also, the person in question had a second initial “A.”

Santos’ middle name is Anthony, the Daily Beast noted, but he also occasionally uses Devolder, which is his mother’s maiden name. The Devolder Organization is his financial company.

Santos’ campaign biography does not mention any past marriage to a woman but notes that he lives with his husband and their four dogs on Long Island.

Santos confessed that he had been married for five years to a woman, but now he is married to a man.

Santos’ claimed Jewish heritage is another question mark. The Forward reported Wednesday’s congressman was caught lying when he claimed his grandparents fled anti-Jewish persecution in World War II. Instead, a genealogical search showed his mother’s parents were born in Brazil instead of Ukraine or Belgium, as his campaign website asserted, according to The Forward.

Santos spoke to the Post and said that he was “clearly Catholic,” But he claimed that his grandmother had told him stories about being Jewish before converting to Catholicism later in his life.

Santos claimed that the false claims made about his personal life will not reduce or diminish his effectiveness as legislator. “I campaigned talking about the people’s concerns, not my resume,” He said. “I intend to deliver on the promises I made during the campaign — fighting crime, fighting to lower education, improving education.”

“I came to DC to bring results on those issues and that’s what I’m going to do,” He added.

Mairead Elordi was a contributor to this report.

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