Rep.-elect George Santos was target in Brazilian criminal fraud case.

[RandySF]

EW YORK (AP) — A New York Republican who won a U.S. House seat in November is under pressure to explain himself amid evidence he fabricated parts of his life story.

During his campaign, George Santos, 34, boasted impressive academic and professional credentials and portrayed himself as an embodiment of the American dream. After growing up in a working-class, immigrant family in Queens and getting a high school equivalency diploma, he said he had a lightning-fast rise in the world of finance, culminating in his participation in “landmark deals on Wall Street.”

Yet a college where Santos said he earned a finance degree was unable to find records showing he attended. Several companies where Santos said he worked had no record of him having been an employee.

The potential problems with Santos’ resume were first reported Monday by The New York Times. The newspaper also raised questions about the truthfulness of other aspects of Santos’ life story and disclosed he faced an unresolved criminal fraud investigation in Brazil, where his family once lived.




https://apnews.com/article/2022-midterm-elections-business-queens-ae463f9ef3497ce4479f9fe5f2defde1

[Sanity Claws]

1. Maybe Brazil will ask for his extradition

and we have an open Congressional seat. The Republican majority becomes even more unstable.

[Buns_of_Fire]

2. The Party of Putin scraped well-past the bottom of the barrel with this one.

I keep thinking they've got to be hitting bedrock by now, but I've thought that before.

[Genki Hikari]

8. There is no bottom with them.

Turtles all the way down.

[EYESORE 9001]

3. So...he'll be resigning any minute now, right?

Right?!?

[ChazInAz]

13. Of course.

That foul scofflaw Al Franken was forced out after his vile deeds were publicized...

[NJCher]

4. Where did the money for the investment

Company come from?

The Ethics Committee will have to find that out…and it can be done.

After financial failures, he registers a million in a company called Devolder and gets a six figure salary:

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After leaving Harbor City, Santos registered a company called the Devolder Organization with the state of Florida, state records show.

In the financial disclosure form filed with the House of Representatives in September, Santos reported that the company paid him an annual salary of $750,000 and at least $1 million in dividends. He described the company’s business as “capital intro consulting.” His only other listed asset was an apartment in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, which he said was worth between $500,000 and $1 million.

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Then he donates $630,000 to his campaign.

To me it is as plain as the Pinocchio nose on his face: someone bought that office for him. This is another Herschel Walker. Total flim flam.

[dalton99a]

6. +1

[ecstatic]

17. Bingo! nt

[NJCher]

5. Another point

I wouldn’t be surprised if this guy disappears.

Flees to another country, has a serious “accident,” goes hunting in the woods, takes a small airplane ride….

[Genki Hikari]

7. Parts of his story?

So far, it seems like he's fabricated ALL of it.

You know, Peter Pan is cute as a kid's story, but it doesn't make sense to try to live that way as an adult.

[ProfessorGAC]

9. Beat Me To It!

So far the only thing that seems true is that his name is George Santos.

[UCmeNdc]

10. The GOP should demand that he resigns. Or does he represent the Republican party?

Just asking.

[markodochartaigh]

12. Democrats: "Your guy

is on the lam from charges of criminal fraud!"

Republicans: "Why do you think we supported him? He has the relevant experience that we look for!"

[atreides1]

15. McCarthy needs his vote

And that's all that matters!!!

[Wonder Why]

11. Definitely a Trump Republican. All he lacks is Sex Predator credentials.

[leftyladyfrommo]

14. Typical Republican candidate.

They have lots of Big Lies.

[republianmushroom]

16. another lying republican

[SKKY]

18. Man, this guy gets better by the minute, huh?

How does this stuff not come out during an election??