Long Island Rep.-elect George Santos came clean to The Post on Monday, admitting that he lied on the campaign trail about his education and work experience.
— but insisting that the controversy won’t deter him from serving out his two-year term in Congress.
Santos confessed Monday that he had “never worked directly” for Goldman Sachs and Citigroup, chalking that fib up to a “poor choice of words,” Long Island Rep.-elect George Santos admitted to The Post that he lied about details of his life while campaigning.He also admitted that he never graduated from any college, despite previously claiming to have received a degree from Baruch in 2010.
Santos now says that he’s “clearly Catholic,” but claimed his grandmother told stories about being Jewish and later converting to Catholicism.REUTERS/Andrew Kelly/File Photo, also faced accusations that he lied about his sexual orientation, with the Daily Beast reporting that he was previously married to a woman until 2020.
The incoming congressman dismissed concerns that his lies will impact his effectiveness representing New Yorkers in the lower chamber in the new year. Photo by: Photographer name/Education Images/Universal Images Group via Getty Images“I intend to deliver on the promises I made during the campaign — fighting crime, fighting to lower education, improving education,” he added, saying that “The people elected me to fight for them.
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