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George Santos' resume may have gotten him a seat in Congress, but it didn’t fool everyone.
House SpeakerKevin McCarthytold CNN Monday that he has long beenskeptical about the Republican congressman’s resume, which has proven to have massive embellishments and fabrications.
“I always had a few questions about it,” McCarthy, 57, told CNN.
However, McCarthy hasnot joined some of his fellow Republicansin calling for Rep. Santos' resignation, according toThe Hill. While others want to see Santos, 34, out, McCarthy believes the decision rests in the hands of the House Ethics Committee.
McCarthy also told CNN this week that he was initially unaware that Santos allegedly had someone impersonate McCarthy’s chief of staff during his 2020 and 2022 campaigns in order to solicit donations, though the speaker has since reportedly addressed it with him.
“You know, I didn’t know about that. It happened, and I know they corrected it, but I was not notified about that until a later date,” McCarthy said.
Rep. George Santos outside his office on Capitol Hill.Francis Chung/POLITICO via AP Images
This latest development comes after it was suggested that Santos' fake backstory was heavily modeled after his former boss, Pablo Oliveira. Inside Edition reported thatOliveira attended Baruch University, where he played on the school’s volleyball team and was a two-time All-American volleyball player.
A similar, albeit false, story can be found in the pages of Santos' resume.
Santosformerly claimed he, too, attended Baruch, graduating in 2010 with a GPA of 3.89. In the resume he submitted to the Nassau County Republican Committee in 2020, he also wrote that he attended New York University after scoring a 710 on his GMAT.
However, afterThe New York Timesinvestigated Santos' claims in late December, the congressman admitted all these claims were not true and he never graduated from any institution of higher learning.
Joseph Cairo, the chair of the Nassau County Republican Committee, told reporters in a press conference earlier this week that Santos onceclaimed he had also played volleyballat Baruch, much like his former employer.
“He told me, I remember specifically, ‘I’m into sports a little bit.’ That he was a star on the Baruch volleyball team and that they won the league championship. What can I tell you?” Cairo told stunned reporters.
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This is merely the latest in a series of fabricated stories that have been uncovered about Santos, ranging from false claims about his Jewish heritage to his previous employment at Goldman Sachs and Citigroup, neither of which could be verified.
source: people.com
