Following a series of revelations about lies that Representative-elect George Santos has told on the campaign trail, New York prosecutors have opened an investigation into the Republican as party leaders in Congress remain silent about the scandal.
’s investigation, Santos never attended elite New York private school Horace Mann, as he has claimed multiple times. He also never attended a prominent private equity conference in which he claimed to have gone on stage and criticized Goldman Sachs about its renewable energy investments.
Further, Santos appears to have fabricated a story about his family name — a name under which he ran a GoFundMe. In February, Santos toldthat his grandparents formerly held the Jewish last name Zabrovsky, but there is no record that this is true.
on Twitter this week, complaining that Santos is facing calls to resign even though he has admitted to the lies, which does not appear to be fully true.to become House Speaker, has maintained silence on the issue; some commentators have said that he is likely remaining mum because he “needs all the support he can get,” with a narrow four-seat majority for Republicans in the House and, potentially, enough Republican votes against him to block his speakership.
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