Calls for resignation multiplied this Tuesday, December 27 against a Republican freshly elected to the American Congress, who admitted having largely lied on his CV. George Santos, who won a seat from the Democrats in New York state in the November election, confessed in two separate interviews on Monday to having “improved his CV”.
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The future elected official admitted never having worked for the prestigious banks Goldman Sachs or Citigroup, nor having a university degree, contrary to what he claimed.
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The son of Brazilian immigrants born in Queens, New York, however, has adamantly brushed aside the idea of giving up the seat he will occupy from January 3 in the House of Representatives, telling the New York Post “not to be a criminal”.
These lies on several points of his biography had been revealed by an investigation of the ” New York Times », published in mid-December. Several members of the Democratic Party have called on Republican Opposition Leader Kevin McCarthy to call a vote to oust George Santos if the latter does not resign on his own.
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‘The House Ethics Committee MUST investigate how he made his money’also urged Ritchie Torres, another New York elected official.
New York State, considered pro-Democrats, saw several elected seats in the House of Representatives switch to the Republican side, contributing to their narrow majority in the lower house in Washington. The Democrats kept the majority in the Senate.
