“No one is above the law and if a crime has been committed in this county, we will prosecute” George Santos, pledged Nassau District Attorney Anne Donnelly.
New York state justice on Wednesday opened a preliminary investigation into the “staggering inventions” of a newly elected Republican congressman to the US Congress, who admitted to grossly lying on his resume and who is being forced to resign.
George Santos, who won a seat from the Democrats in the November 8 legislative elections for the Nassau County constituency (a part of Long Island east of New York City) confessed on Monday to having “embellished his CV” .
“The many inventions and inconsistencies linked to the elected parliamentarian (George) Santos are simply astounding”, thundered in a press release relayed by the local New York press the prosecutor for the district of Nassau Anne Donnelly.
Towards a resignation?
This Republican magistrate defended “the inhabitants of Nassau and other regions of the third district (who) must enjoy an honest and responsible representative in Congress” in Washington.
George Santos admitted never having worked for the big American banks Goldman Sachs or Citigroup, nor having a university degree from New York University (NYU), contrary to what he claimed.
This son of Brazilian immigrants born in Queens, one of the five boroughs of New York City, however categorically brushed aside the idea of giving up the seat he is supposed to occupy from January 3 in the House of Representatives. He told the New York Post “not to be a criminal”.
Several members of the Democratic Party have called on Republican Opposition Leader Kevin McCarthy to hold a vote to oust George Santos if he refuses to step down.
