Santos races by media scrum in DC, ignores questions before staff shut (and then lock) his office door
, cloud what initially was lauded as a great victory for the openly gay Republican who flipped a Long Island House seat long held by the opposite party.
But as reports began to emerge that he had lied about having Jewish ancestry, a career at top Wall Street firms and a college degree, Santos turned into a distraction to Republicans preparing to take control of the House., GOP House leaders, including Kevin McCarthy, who is running to become the next House speaker, have notably remained silent.
The New York Times uncovered records in Brazil that show Santos was the subject of a criminal investigation there in 2008 over allegations that he used stolen checks to buy items at a clothing shop in the city of Niteroi, which is near Rio de Janeiro. At the time, Santos would have been 19. The Times quoted local prosecutors as saying the case was dormant because Santos had never appeared in court.
Two years later, in a similar filing, Santos reported income between $1 million and $5 million for each of 2022 and 2021 — all coming from the Devolder Organization, of which he had total interest. He described the entity as a “capital intro consulting company.”The North Shore Leader, a local newspaper on Long Island, raised questions before the election about Santos’ finances and campaign spending, a report that drew little notice at the time.
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