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(3,551 posts) Mon Dec 19, 2022, 10:45 AM Dec 2022

All the Holes in This Congressman-Elect's Resume

https://www.thedailybeast.com/congressman-elect-george-santos-resume-is-full-of-holes

All the Holes in This Congressman-Elect’s Résumé

Published Dec. 19, 2022 9:27AM ET

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The Daily Beast reported during the campaign that Santos’ most recent employer was accused by federal regulators of being a Ponzi scheme. Now the Times’ probe has found even more questionable episodes in his history:

No Pulse

In a November interview, Santos claimed his company had four employees who were killed in the 2016 Pulse nightclub massacre, but the Times cross-checked all the victims’ names against the firms that Santos mentions in his biography and found no overlap.

Diploma discrepancy

Santos claims to be a 2010 graduate of Baruch College, but the school could not find any record of him. The National Republican Congressional Committee’s bio of him includes enrollment at New York University, which could also not find any indication he took classes there.

Wall Street whodunit

The campaign biography says Santos’ work history includes stints at Citigroup and Goldman Sachs but those firms told the Times “they had no record of his ever working there,” the newspaper reported.

Phantom pet project

Santos says he founded a charity called Friends of Pets United in 2013, but the IRS and the attorney generals of New York and New Jersey could find no record it being registered as a tax-exempt organization. Furthermore, a New Jersey animal group that co-hosted a $50-a-ticket fundraiser with Santos in 2017 said it never received any of the proceeds.

…more lies…

(A member of the Republican Party, Santos was elected to represent New York's 3rd congressional district in 2022. Both he and his 2022 opponent, Robert Zimmerman, are openly gay, a first for a U.S. congressional election.)