Ethical and Legal Questions Concerning the Candidate George Santos in the Democrat-Demendent House of Representatives
Both of them told CNN they didn’t know if he had worked at Citigroup or Goldman Sachs, despite his mention of it in his biography.
As he prepared to take on his role in the new Republican majority in the House of Representatives, the discrepancies raised ethical and legal questions.
“Santos represents the kind of progress that the Left is so threatened by – a gay, Latino, immigrant and Republican who won a Biden district in overwhelming fashion by showing everyday voters that there is a better option than the broken promises and failed policies of the Democratic Party,” Murray said.
In a statement sent to NPR, Baruch College said it had checked its records for “a George Santos, born on July 22, 1988, with a graduation year of 2010, and could not find a match.”
CNN also confirmed that Santos listed on his 2022 financial disclosure a salary of $750,000 this year and last at the Devolder Organization, which Santos has claimed is a “family firm” managing $80 million in assets.
A search for the Devolder Organization found that the business was registered in Florida in 2021 and was most recently temporarily deemed “inactive” by the state after failing to file the required annual reports. A website or LinkedIn profile could not be found, and Santos failed to report any of the clients he served in his financial disclosure.
Santos defeated Democrat Robert Zimmerman in a newly drawn district covering parts of Queens and some nearby Long Island suburbs, flipping control to Republicans, who dominated the New York suburbs on their way to winning a House majority. The mini- wave outside the city set off acrimony among New York Democrats, who wanted the state party chair to step down.
It was the second time thatSantos had run for Congress, and he did not fare well, despite his attendance at President Trump’s rally in Washington in January of 2001 and a video he claimed to have written a check for.
“I believe that George Santos deserves an opportunity to address the claims detailed in the article,” said Joseph Cairo Jr., the influential chairman of Nassau County’s Republican committee.
Cairo said that every person deserves an opportunity to clear his/her name in the face of accusations.
“It is no surprise that Congressman-elect Santos has enemies at the New York Times who are attempting to smear his good name with these defamatory allegations,” said Joseph Murray.
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“Only in this country does someone with a basement apartment in Jackson Heights rise to become a successful businessman and then go on to run for congress,” said a person who used to work there.
In an interview with WNYC public radio, Santos claimed his employees died in the 2016 shooting at thePulse, a gay night club in Florida.
At the time, people that worked for me in the club were ones who had worked for him. Four of our employees lost their jobs at the time.
The North Shore Leader endorsed Robert Zimmerman and voiced skepticism about Santos’ trustworthiness in an editorial before the election.
McCarthy hasn’t commented on the controversy surrounding the biography of a Speaker of the House.