George Santos - latest: Mitt Romney tells congressman ‘you don’t belong here’ as House Ethics probe expected

Scandal-plagued New YorkRepublican George Santos was confronted by Republican senator Mitt Romney during the State of the Union last night.

Mr Romney reportedly told his party colleague: “You don’t belong here,” in a tense exchange that took place in the House of Representatives chamber ahead of president Joe Biden’s address.

Mr Romney later said to CNN that he criticised Mr Santos “trying to shake hands” with the president and senators “given the fact that he’s under ethics investigation”.

“He should be sitting in the back row and staying quiet instead of parading in front of the president and people coming into the room,” he was quoted as saying.

It comes as speaker Kevin McCarthy has said that Mr Santos is expected to face an investigation by the House Ethics Committee.

Mr McCarthy said that the House will take measures in accordance with the findings of the probe, CNN reported.

Mr Santos told CNN he’s “not concerned” by the prospect of an ethics probe.

“You’re saying that the freedom of speech of my constituents is a distraction to my work?” Mr Santos asked. “Do you think people are a distraction to the work I’m doing here?”

Key points

• George Santos’ plan to take 9/11 responder to SOTU – after lie that mother died in attacks

• John Feal leads 9/11 community outrage to George Santos

• Constituents head to DC to hand-deliver resignation demands

• George Santos’ latest résumé fabrication: producing Spiderman on Broadway

• George Santos admits he ‘lied to everyone’

• Santos treasurer quits campaign – days after he falsely named a new one

Here’s how George Santos could still be removed from office

04:15 , John Bowden

George Santos’s colleagues in the House could end up being the final arbiters of judgement for the scandal-ridden New York Republican.

Despite wave after wave of revelations surrounding his past and present fictions and lies, the embattled congressman has remained adamant that he will remain in office. Even in the face of members of his own party calling for his ouster, Mr Santos has stood firm.

But none of that may matter if the machinations of the US House of Representatives conspire against him.

House Speaker Kevin McCarthy has now confirmed that Santos is under investigation by the House Ethics Committee.

“Ethics is moving through, and if ethics finds something, we’ll take action. Right now we’re not allowing him to be on committees from the standpoint of the questions that have arisen,” he said.

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Here’s how George Santos could still be removed from office

‘He’s a joke’: Adam Schiff goes after George Santos

03:30 , Gustaf Kilander

VOICES: Enough is enough, George Santos

02:45 , Susan Wagner

A busload of 50 constituents representing NY-03 are on their way to Washington DC to confront Speaker Kevin McCarthy and demand that he take action to remove George Santos from office. Every day Santos remains in Congress is an insult to the more than 700,000 residents of NY-03. It leaves us without meaningful representation in Congress – and we are angry.

We are making sure McCarthy hears us as it seems our voices have not travelled from Long Island, despite the 24/7 coverage by local, national, and international press.

Santos is a grifter and now he is grifting off the US taxpayer. So long as he has a seat in Congress, he receives a salary of 174,000 a year and benefits. He made a fool of our district, he made a fool of the Republican party, and now he is making a fool of the US taxpayers. Allowing an individual with this track record to remain in Congress defies common sense. The US Constitution anticipated a George Santos and provided an escape hatch in such a scenario —McCarthy can call for a vote and when two thirds vote in favor of his expulsion, Santos is out. So why hasn’t McCarthy called for one?

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Enough is enough, George Santos

Constituents swamp Santos office but are turned away

02:00 , Gustaf Kilander

It’s time ‘to end the tragedy and the comedy that is George Santos,’ NY Dem says

01:15 , Gustaf Kilander

New York Democrat Ritchie Torres said during a press conference on Tuesday that Mr Santos’s “only reason for remaining in public office is to maintain leverage for a plea bargain in the event of criminal prosecution”.

“His only purpose is to be a punchline for comedians, but the time has come to end the tragedy and the comedy that is George Santos,” he added. “You should no longer be deprived of the representation that you deserve. And so I will not stop. I will not stop until George Santos is held accountable. And we must call out the hypocrisy of speaker Kevin McCarthy. The House Republicans came here promising to drain the swamp but they refuse to drain the greatest swamp of the mall, the Santos swamp and it's time to drain it.”

9/11 activist blasts George Santos for taking survivor to State of the Union after tragedy ‘lies’: ‘Piece of s***’

00:30 , Rachel Sharp

9/11 first responder and activist John Feal has blasted George Santos for inviting a volunteer firefighter to the State of the Union following his alleged lies about the tragedy – as he claimed the congressman has made further false claims to survivors of the terror attacks.

Speaking to The Independent on Tuesday morning, Mr Feal said that the disgraced Republican congressman is “using the 9/11 community for his redemption tour” and is “disrespecting” all the lives that were lost and continue to be lost because of that day.

“Every time George Santos says 9/11 it disrespects those we lost and those we continue to lose,” he said.

“9/11 is a wound that doesn’t go away… And he’s making it hurt.

“He’s a piece of s*** and I can never forgive him. He’s a vile, repugnant, disgusting human being.”

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Exclusive: 9/11 activist blasts Santos for taking survivor to State of the Union

NY Dem says Santos ‘ability to govern’ has been ‘crippled by a complete collapse of credibility'

Tuesday 7 February 2023 23:45 , Gustaf Kilander

New York Democrat Ritchie Torres said during a press conference on Tuesday that “every day is a new day with George Santos. Every day we find out about a new lie that he has told or new law that he is broken. Every day, he brings new embarrassment to the people of New York, to the people of Long Island and it is time for him to resign”.

“His ability to govern has been crippled by a complete collapse of credibility. According to polling, the majority of Republicans in his district want him to resign. The majority of House Republicans in New York have called upon him to resign. His constituents want nothing to do with George Santos. His colleagues want nothing to do with George Santos. Even the close associate of a sanctioned Russian oligarch wants to do with George Santos,” he added.

George Santos: Every lie disgraced Republican Congressman has been accused of making

Tuesday 7 February 2023 23:00 , John Bowden

It can be difficult keeping up with the list of fictions that George Santos has been accused of telling, admitted telling, or merely been caught spinning red-handed following a contradictory statement.

But, do not fret: The Independent is here, and we’re keeping track of the whole list of lies even as it continues to grow — both in number and in the sheer scale of the humiliation that it presents for not just Mr Santos, who remains adamant that he will serve two years in office as representative for New York’s third district, but for the Republican House caucus as a whole.

Home state Republicans and Democrats alike are calling for his resignation from Congress while major conservative groups are vowing not to work with him. Still, he has found a niche for himself among the GOP’s far-right Maga caucus, among fellows like Marjorie Taylor Greene and Matt Gaetz.

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Every lie George Santos has been accused of making

Amid mounting calls for his resignation, Santos seen speaking to members on House floor

Tuesday 7 February 2023 22:30 , Gustaf Kilander

New York Democrat says it’s time for McCarthy to ‘force’ Santos from Congress

Tuesday 7 February 2023 22:00 , Gustaf Kilander

New York Democrat Ritchie Torres said during a press conference on Tuesday that “of the 535 members in Congress, there's no one who poses a greater threat to the integrity of the institution” than Mr Santos.

“And the fact that George Santos resigned from his committees is an admission of guilt. And if George Santos is too corrupt and too compromised to be seated on a committee, then it logically follows that he's too corrupt and too compromised to be seated in the United States Congress,” he added. “And it is obvious that Kevin McCarthy forced him out of his committee, and it's time for McCarthy to force him out of the United States Congress.”

‘It is time for George Santos to resign,’ New York Democrat says

Tuesday 7 February 2023 21:30 , Gustaf Kilander

New York Democrat Dan Goldman said during a press conference on Tuesday that “if the Republican Party wants to wrap their arms around George Santos, then they can continue to go ahead”.

“This should not be partisan. And in New York-03, it's not partisan, because the overwhelming majority of Republicans also think that George Santos should resign. Republican members of Congress in New York have called on George Santos to resign. And it is now time once and for all, listening to the voters and constituents of New York-03 who are down here to make their voices heard. It is time for George Santos to resign,” he added.

New York Democrat says Santos removal is ‘going to have to come from the top’

Tuesday 7 February 2023 21:00 , Gustaf Kilander

New York Democrat Dan Goldman argued on Tuesday that all the lies from Mr Santos “are more than enough to not only bring him disrepute to bring this hallowed body disrepute, but to bring the Republican Party disrepute as well”.

“And so the question then becomes, why won't Kevin McCarthy and Elise Stefanik urge George Santos to resign?” he asked of Republican House leadership. “We know George Santos is not going to resign on his own. He's making more money in Congress than he's ever legitimately made before. What's his incentive to resign?”

“It's going to have to come from the top. But what do we know about Kevin McCarthy and Elise Stefanik? That they also knew about George Santos as lies during the campaign. Are they not pushing him to resign because they are concerned that George Santos has information that may be damaging to them about their role in the fraud scheme?” he wondered aloud.

“We have to ask these questions because we've never seen a fraudster continue to get support by a Republican Party in this Congress and make no mistake about it. George Santos for as long as he is in Congress is a member of the Republican Party,” he added.

New York Democrat says ethics probe is a delay tactic

Tuesday 7 February 2023 20:30 , Gustaf Kilander

New York Democrat Dan Goldman said on Tuesday during a press conference that the ethics committee investigation into Mr Santos is a delay tactic.

“So now they're going to punt to the Ethics Committee. Now they're going to make the case ‘Oh, well, we have to wait to see what the ethics committee is going to do,’” he said.

“But let's remember the ethics complaint and the ethics investigation is only going to focus on his financial disclosures and his campaign finance because the law to this point does not prohibit someone from lying about their education, from lying about their employment history, from lying about their military experience from lying about their ethnicity from lying up and down the level,” he added.

Santos confronted by reporters after ethics probe announcement

Tuesday 7 February 2023 20:00 , Gustaf Kilander

New York Democrat says McCarthy is ‘backtracking’ on Santos because of ‘incredible advocacy’ from voters

Tuesday 7 February 2023 19:30 , Gustaf Kilander

Dan Goldman, representing the 10th district of New York, said during a press conference on Tuesday that “we have the voters who are here, and we have information from lots more voters all around the district that clearly indicates that if they had known about the lies and deception, they would have never voted for George Santos”.

He accused Speaker McCarthy of “saying that you can deceive the voters, you can defraud the voters. But as long as the voters voted for you, then it doesn't matter”.

“Today, we're starting to see him backtracking in part because of the incredible advocacy of the folks who are here. Because the voters have been hurt, and the voters of the Third District want George Santos to resign,” he said.

Goldman slams Santos and McCarthy at press conference with constituents

Tuesday 7 February 2023 19:00 , Gustaf Kilander

Santos is ‘squatting in our seat,’ organizer says

Tuesday 7 February 2023 18:40 , Gustaf Kilander

Jody Cass Finkel, the coordinator of the group Concerned Citizens of New York–03, said on Tuesday during a press conference at Capitol Hill that “we are an ad hoc group, nonpartisan residents from the district”.

“We have an extremely narrow scope, the organization was just created a few weeks ago, and we have only one goal and that is to have George George Santos removed from squatting in our seat in the House of Representatives,” she said.

“We are here because speaker McCarthy apparently cannot hear us when we speak from Long Island,” she added. “So we had to come to Washington to make sure he hears us.”

“You're turning a deaf ear to our needs. But the country is beyond giving Santos the benefit of the doubt,” she said.

Torres calls Santos the ‘greatest fiction writer in the history of Congress’

Tuesday 7 February 2023 18:20 , Gustaf Kilander

Representative Ritchie Torres, representing New York’s 15th congressional district, said during a press conference on Tuesday that it’s time for Mr Santos to resign.

“I give him credit. He's the greatest fiction writer in the history of Congress. I have trouble keeping track with his lies, but he has so far pretended to be a brain cancer survivor and a Broadway producer of spider man and a volleyball champion, and a survivor of an assassination attempt on Fifth Avenue,” he said.

“The Lies of George Santos are every bit as outrageous and outlandish as the man himself,” he added.

‘I Believe In Santa More Than Santos'

Tuesday 7 February 2023 18:06 , Gustaf Kilander

Constituents and members of congress hold press conference to call on Santos to resign

Tuesday 7 February 2023 18:03 , Gustaf Kilander

Santos’s SOTU guest in DC to ‘bring attention to firefighters with neuropathy’

Tuesday 7 February 2023 18:00 , Joe Sommerlad

Michael Weinstock, who is set to be the guest of embattled New York Republican George Santos at Joe Biden’s State of the Union address, said in a statement that “I have travelled to Washington to bring attention to firefighters with neuropathy. This is an issue that transcends politics and speaks to my heart”.

“Michael’s story is one of many that have yet to be told to a wider audience,” Mr Santos said during a speech on the floor of the House of Representatives on Monday, explaining his reason for extending the invitation.

However, the situation is complicated by the fact that one of the lies Mr Santos has been accused of telling concerns the death of his mother, Fatima Devolder, who he said was killed in the terror attacks while working as an executive for a financial firm at the Twin Towers.

“9/11 claimed my mother’s life,” Mr Santos said on Twitter on 21 July last year, only for The New York Times to debunk the story and report that she in fact died 15 years later in 2016 and may not even have been in the country at the time of the al-Qaeda attacks.

George Santos expected to face House Ethics probe, Kevin McCarthy reveals

Tuesday 7 February 2023 17:36 , Gustaf Kilander

Speaker Kevin McCarthy has said that scandal-plagued New York Republican Representative George Santos is expected to face an investigation by the House Ethics Committee.

Mr McCarthy said that the House will take measures in accordance with the findings of the possible probe, CNN reported.

The speaker initially said “yes” to CNN when asked on Tuesday if Mr Santos was under investigation, but later added that he was simply the subject of complaints made to the ethics committee.

The speaker was asked about Mr Santos’s constituents asking him to resign.

“Ethics is moving through, and if ethics finds something, we’ll take action. Right now we’re not allowing him to be on committees from the standpoint of the questions that have arisen,” Mr McCarthy said earlier on Tuesday.

Mr Santos told CNN he’s “not concerned” by an ethics probe. He told reporters that he was looking forward to welcoming residents from his district who travelled to Capitol Hill to call on him to resign.

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George Santos is under a House Ethics probe, Kevin McCarthy reveals

‘MAGAworld’ offers ‘liberation and redemption’ for Santos, conservative commentator writes

Tuesday 7 February 2023 17:30 , Gustaf Kilander

Conservative political commentator Charlie Sykes wrote on the Bulwark that the “moral universe” and the media of today’s right-wing political actors “offer liberation and redemption, where mediocrity and venality can shelter together under a pugnacious amorality” to individuals such as Mr Santos.

“What is the attraction of TrumpWorld for the worst people in the world?” Mr Sykes asked.

“In return for the requisite fawning and tribal signaling, MAGAworld created a moral free-fire zone, a force field against accountability. Too dumb, corrupt, or sleazy for the rest of world? Not a problem,” he added. “This is definitely a club that George Santos wants to belong to.”

Fellow New York Republican freshman calls on Santos to resign

Tuesday 7 February 2023 17:10 , Gustaf Kilander

Fellow New York Republican freshman Representative has called on Mr Santos to resign from Congress.

Marc Molinaro represents the state’s 19th district since earlier this year.

“As I’ve said consistently, I think he ought to resign and really take stock of himself and start being honest, not only with the people he serves, but with himself,” he told CNN.

Santos attempts to find shield from scandals in ‘post-shame MAGA'

Tuesday 7 February 2023 16:50 , Gustaf Kilander

Conservative political commentator Charlie Sykes wrote that Mr Santos wore an AR-15 pin because he needs the protection of a political tribe.

“Obviously, the pins are designed to troll and trigger. But, there’s something else going on here as well,” Mr Sykes wrote on the Bulwark.

Mr Santos is in a spiral of “scandal and disgrace, and desperately [needs] a tribe because political tribes provide protection,” Mr Sykes noted.

“The distinctive attraction of a post-shame MAGA is that virtually any sort of miscreant, charlatan, or snollygoster can shelter beneath its wings,” he added. “So Santos’s choice of new friends is not an accident.”

ChatGPT draws blank when asked to write Santos speech

Tuesday 7 February 2023 16:30 , The Associated Press

The ChatGPT bot drew a blank when asked for a speech from George Santos, the new Republican congressman from New York who was caught fictionalizing his past. It seemed to sense, though, that there was something make-believe in the picture.

“George Santos is not a widely recognized public figure or historical figure,” the app responded. “There is no widely known information about a person by this name in the public domain. It’s possible that the name was created for a specific use or scenario, such as a fictional character or a person in a private setting.”

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ChatGPT bot channels history to pen State of Union speech

Concerned Citizens of NY-03 head to DC for press conference calling for Santos expulsion

Tuesday 7 February 2023 16:10 , Gustaf Kilander

Ahead of their planned press conference in Washington, DC on Tuesday afternoon, members of the group “concerned citizens of NY-03” shared images from their gathering this morning as they got on the bus head to the capital.

Lee Zeldin dumps treasurer also employed by Santos

Tuesday 7 February 2023 15:50 , Gustaf Kilander

Former New York Representative Lee Zeldin, the 2022 GOP nominee for governor in the state, is starting a new federal fundraising political action committee, leaving out the treasurer also employed by Mr Santos.

“We will be announcing a new federal PAC that is being stood up right now utilizing a different treasurer,” Mr Zeldin said on Monday, according to Politico.

Mr Zeldin appeared to want to put some distance between himself and Mr Santos and the treasurer, Nancy Marks.

“The treasurer has something like close to 200 different accounts,” he said.

Regarding Mr Santos, Mr Zeldin said, “I don’t see how he is possibly going to regain the trust of his constituents”.

But he declined to say he should resign.

“Whatever his expiration date is as a member of the House, I don’t have that answer. He is seated,” he said.

“There are many investigations going on. Different levels of government, FEC, House Ethics Committee, an international investigation apparently going on as well. I don’t know whether or not he’s going to stay there for the remainder of his term,” he said.

George Santos’ State of the Union guest admits he’s wary of being ‘sullied’ by congressman’s 9/11 lie

Tuesday 7 February 2023 15:30 , Joe Sommerlad

The former firefighter and veteran of 9/11 who is set to be the guest of embattled New York Republican George Santos at Joe Biden’s State of the Union address has admitted he is wary of being “sullied” by the congressman’s lies.

Mr Santos - still facing multiple investigations over a series of lies he is alleged to have told about his background - will be accompanied by Michael Weinstock, a lawyer who served as a volunteer firefighter in the Big Apple between 1990 and 2001 and is understood to have helped rescue people trapped under rubble at Ground Zero after the terror attacks on the World Trade Center of 11 September 2001.

Mr Weinstock is a Democrat who ran for the same district now represented by Mr Santos in 2020 and reportedly suffers from neuropathy, a neurological condition he says is related to his time as an emergency worker.

In a press release accompanying the announcement, the freshman congressman said that his guest’s condition “is a direct result of the dust and toxins released from the World Trade Center, and the condition is not covered under the World Trade Center Health Program.”

The invitation is therefore intended to draw attention to the plight of New Yorkers still suffering from 9/11-related illnesses two decades on and the need for expanded health coverage.

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George Santos’ State of the Union guest wary of being ‘sullied’ by 9/11 lie

George Santos’ office vandalised with graffiti – amid sexual harassment accusations and Spider-Man lies

Tuesday 7 February 2023 15:10 , John Bowden

New York Congressman George Santos woke up to another piece of bad news last week.

Police said on Friday that his local district office in New York’s 3rd Congressional District, which includes parts of Long Island and Queens, was vandalised with graffiti which used expletives in multiple languages to describe the scandal-ridden Republican.

“George Santos is [s***]”, the scrawling reportedly read in three languages — Mandarin, Greek, and Spanish.

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George Santos’ New York district office vandalised with graffiti

Santos’s ‘presence alone disgraces the entire Congress,’ former GOP strategist writes

Tuesday 7 February 2023 14:50 , Gustaf Kilander

Steve Schmidt, a co-founder of the Lincoln Project and a former Republican strategist, wrote a post on Substack previewing tonight’s State of the Union.

“George Santos — if that is his name — will be there. His presence alone disgraces the entire Congress,” he wrote. “The tolerance of his criminality, fraudulence and psychotic lying by the Republican Congress is evidence of decay and malfeasance that beggar description.”

“America’s federally elected politicians will all be there, and so will the lobbyists. What will be said will soon be forgotten, and the State of the Union will quickly recede like a small wave from the beach,” he added.

George Santos’ latest resume lie? He produced Spider-Man on Broadway

Tuesday 7 February 2023 14:30 , Rachel Sharp

George Santos has yet another accusation of deceiving people for campaign donations to answer for.

The latest accusations come from Bloomberg, which reports that the congressman himself told multiple people that he was involved in the production of the Broadway flop Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark during his bid for a House seat in 2022 — a false fact that was apparently part of his pitch for donations.

The news triggered a statement of condemnation from the show’s actual producers, who reached out to Entertainment Weekly through a spokesperson: “Of all the tribulations the producers of Spider-Man: Turn Off The Dark had to endure, we are very pleased, proud and relieved to report working with George Santos was not one of them.”

Read the full story:

George Santos’ latest resume lie? He produced Spider-Man on Broadway

Group of Santos’ constituents head to DC to demand resignation

Tuesday 7 February 2023 14:10 , Rachel Sharp

A group of constituents of George Santos are heading to Washington DC to demand his resignation.

The group of about 45 constituents in New York’s 3rd congressional district boarded a bus in Roslyn Heights at around 7am ET on Tuesday morning to head the nation’s capital, reported PIX11.

The group plan to hand deliver petitions for resignation – containing more than 1,500 signatures – personally to the embattled congressman and to House Speaker Kevin McCarthy, who has so far failed to take significant action over the Republican’s lies and scandals.

The DC visit comes on the same day as the State of the Union where Mr Santos has prompted outrage and disgust for inviting along a 9/11 responder – after he lied that his mother died in the terrorist attacks that day.

George Santos treasurer jumps ship amid probes into campaign finances

Tuesday 7 February 2023 13:50 , Rachel Sharp

George Santos’ campaign treasurer has resigned as the New York Republican congressman faces probes from the US Department of Justice about campaign finance irregularities.

His now-former treasurer Nancy Marks submitted a letter to the Federal Election Commission signifying that she resigned her position as Mr Santos’ campaign treasurer.

George Santos treasurer jumps ship amid probes into campaign finances

Responder John Feal leads 9/11 outrage over George Santos

Tuesday 7 February 2023 13:30 , Rachel Sharp

John Feal has led the outrage from the 9/11 community over George Santos’ move to take a volunteer firefighter who responded to ground zero to the State of the Union.

“Friends- @RepSantosNY03 stay far away from 9/11. The man you speak of in your disingenuous floor speech I know. You gave this man false information & false hope. You cannot make an amendment to the bill you imbecile. To add an illness it must be petitioned to the STAC Committee,” he tweeted.

He added: “NEVER NEVER NEVER use 9/11 in a sentence ever again!!!!!!”

His social media posts came after Mr Santos announced he is taking former volunteer firefighter Michael Weinstock as his guest to the State of the Union – after the serial lying congressman falsely claimed that his mother died in the terrorist attacks.

Her obituary shows his mother actually died 15 years later in 2016 with immigration records revealing that she wasn’t even in the US in 2001.

George Santos announces plan to take 9/11 responder to SOTU – after lies that mother died in attacks

Tuesday 7 February 2023 13:10 , Rachel Sharp

George Santos has announced his plan to take a 9/11 responder as his guest to the State of the Union – after the serial lying congressman falsely claimed that his mother died in the terrorist attacks.

“Today I rise to honor a former volunteer firefighter who was at ground zero on 9/11 Michael Weinstock,” he said on the House floor on Monday.

Mr Santos invited Mr Weinstock – a volunteer firefighter who responded to ground zero on September 11 2001 – to attend Tuesday’s night address as his guest.

The congressman’s move comes after he has repeatedly been caught out in lies about 9/11.

In the past, he claimed that his mother died in the World Trade Center that day where she worked as a financial executive.

Her obituary shows she actually died 15 years later in 2016. Immigration records reveal that she wasn’t even in the US in the year of the attacks.

‘Give him some credit, George Santos has performed a valuable public service’

Tuesday 7 February 2023 12:55 , John Bowden

The Independent’s Richard Hall writes:

Give him some credit, George Santos has performed a valuable public service

George Santos accused of ‘ethics violations and sexual harassment’ by would-be aide

Tuesday 7 February 2023 11:55 , John Bowden

New York Representative George Santos has been accused of sexual harassment.

Derek Myers made the allegations in a letter to the House Committee on Ethics on Friday. Mr Myers worked in Mr Santos’ Office from 24 January until he was terminated earlier this week because he is facing criminal wiretapping charges in Ohio, The New York Times reported.

Mr Myers said that while they went through mail from constituents on 25 January, Mr Santos asked him whether he was on the dating app Grindr, with the congressman allegedly sharing that he had a profile. Mr Myers claimed that Mr Santos asked him to sit closer and allegedly started touching his leg.

Andrea Blanco has the details for The Independent:

George Santos accused of ‘ethics violations and sexual harassment’ by would-be aide

George Santos clarifies tweet stating ‘9/11 claimed his mother’s life’

Tuesday 7 February 2023 10:55 , John Bowden

Embattled congressman George Santos has a new explanation for those claims about his mother, who was not in the US when the September 11th terrorist attacks occurred, dying on or as a result of 9/11

Speaking to One America News Network, the representative for New York’s third congressional district addressed a 2021 tweet in which he said that “9/11 claimed [his] mother’s life.” The post, and another tweet in which Mr Santos later said that his mother died on 23 December 2016, resurfaced last year along with many inconsistencies in his resume and now-debunked remarks made by him.

Work and immigration records show that his mother never had any employment near Ground Zero, nor was she even in the US when the World Trade Center was struck.

George Santos clarifies controversial tweet stating ‘9/11 claimed his mother’s life’

A timeline of George Santos’ many scandals

Tuesday 7 February 2023 09:55 , John Bowden

Dogged by surely one of the oddest scandals to hit American politics in the last few years, George Santos was facing calls for his expulsion and resignation even before he was seated as representative for New York’s 3rd Congressional District.

As he concludes his first month in the chamber, let’s take a look back at how this scandal evolved, from the beginning to now:

From first questions to GOP rebukes : A timeline of George Santos’ many scandals

George Santos and the fascinating psychology of compulsive liars

Tuesday 7 February 2023 07:55 , John Bowden

He seems to have lied about everything, from the straightforward to the utterly absurd. The Independent’s Holly Baxter speaks to experts on lying — and why we all become complicit when a prolific liar reels us in:

George Santos and the fascinating psychology of compulsive liars

Watch: ‘The imposter in Congress’

Tuesday 7 February 2023 06:55 , John Bowden

The Independent’s senior US correspondent Richard Hall visited Long Island and Nassau County to find the real George Santos for the latest episode of On the Ground.

‘He’s doing a gratuitous ‘I’m sorry’ tour and it’s not working'

Tuesday 7 February 2023 20:41 , Rachel Sharp

9/11 first responder and activist John Feal has blasted George Santos for inviting a volunteer firefighter to the State of the Union.

“He’s doing a gratuitous ‘I’m sorry’ tour and it’s not working. It’s disingenuous, it’s scripted and George Santos loves attention whether it’s positive or negative.

“He’s a narcissist and wants it to be all about him.”

Mr Feal spoke to The Independent hours after the embattled New York congressman announced he had invited a volunteer firefighter who responded to Ground Zero on 9/11 to be his guest at the State of the Union on Tuesday night.

ICYMI: FBI takes an interest in George Santos

Tuesday 7 February 2023 05:55 , John Bowden

The FBI is investigating claims that Representative George Santos raised money to pay for surgery for a Navy veteran’s dying dog before allegedly disappearing with the money.

Richard Osthoff says that he was contacted by two federal agents on Wednesday on behalf of the US Attorney’s Office in the Eastern District of New York, according to Politico.

He told the outlet that he gave the agents text messages from Mr Santos, whom he claims raised $3,000 to save pit bull mix Sapphire but never handed it over.

Graeme Massie has more.

FBI interviews veteran who says George Santos took money intended for dying dog

George Santos faces backlash on Twitter for weighing into Ilhan Omar vote – after lies about 'Jew-ish' heritage

Tuesday 7 February 2023 04:55 , John Bowden

George Santos is facing backlash on Twitter for weighing in on the vote ousting Ilhan Omar from the Foreign Affairs Committee – after is lies about his Jewish heritage and his grandparents fleeing the Holocaust.

“Regrettably @RitchieTorres who calls himself pro Israel voted to keep an antisemite in the foreign affairs committee… so much for “supporting” Israel & the Jewish community, I guess it’s all lip service when you come to #NY03 & fundraise from my Jewish constituents,” he tweeted on Thursday night.

Ms Omar was voted off the committee after Republicans accused her of past antisemitic comments. Democrats claimed the GOP was actually motivated by racism.

Mr Santos’ comments on the issue come after he lied about being Jewish and claimed his grandparents escaped the Holocaust. Both turned out to be false and the congressman then claimed he meant he was “Jew-ish”.

There has also been accusations of him making antisemitic comments in the past, with a vile Facebook post about Adolf Hitler and “the Jews and blacks” coming to light in recent weeks.

Several social media users slammed him for his tweet about the House vote around Ms Omar, with gun control activist Fred Guttenberg tweeting: “Hey @Santos4Congress, I am a real JEWISH person. From the bottom of my heart, just wanted to let call you an a**hole but with some sympathy as I suspect you are drunk. Anyway, @RitchieTorres is an example of a great Congressman, and a friend of Israel, and I support him.”

George Santos offers Botox advice

Tuesday 7 February 2023 03:55 , John Bowden

Secret tapes which caught embattled GOP congressman George Santos confessing to lying also revealed a moment where he offered Botox advice.

The audio, obtained and published by Talking Points Memo, was reportedly recorded in the congressional office of Mr Santos without the congressman or his staff’s permission.

In the clip, the reporter (Derek Myers) is informed that his potential position with the Santos office will not be moving forward following a review of his background, and in particular a legal case that arose from the course of his reporting.

At one point, Mr Santos is heard offering advice about Botox.

Mr Myers was telling Mr Santos about a trip to Colombia “to get my Botox”, saying: “It’s like $100, but it’s $400 here.”

Mr Santos replied: “I spend a lot more than that on Botox, but I trust the people.”

Later, Mr Myers was given the parting advice from the congressman: “Stop going to Colombia for your diluted Botox.”

George Santos admits ‘I’ve obviously f***ed up’ in secretly recorded tapes

The lies George Santos has been accused of telling

Tuesday 7 February 2023 02:55 , John Bowden

It can be difficult keeping up with the list of fictions that George Santos has been accused of telling, admitted telling, or merely been caught spinning red-handed following a contradictory statement.

But, do not fret: The Independent is here, and we’re keeping track of the whole list of lies even as it continues to grow — both in number and in the sheer scale of the humiliation that it presents for not just Mr Santos, who remains adamant that he will serve two years in office as representative for New York’s third district, but for the Republican House caucus as a whole.

Every lie George Santos has been accused of making

In George Santos’s district, setting of The Great Gatsby, cries of ‘imposter’ abound

Tuesday 7 February 2023 01:55 , John Bowden

Nearly 100 years after F Scott Fitzgerald set The Great Gatsby in these same opulent shores, the 34-year-old Republican congressman has once again drawn the eyes of the world onto the eastward-stretching leg of New York City, and invited comparisons to the titular character of that Great American Novel along the way.

Where Jay Gatsby ultimately failed in his efforts, Santos succeeded in his. A man who repeatedly lied about his own history, from claiming his mother died on 9/11, to falsifying his education and net worth — not for love, but for donations, votes and influence — was elected to a seat in one of the most powerful legislative bodies in the world.

So, how did he do it? How did he fool so many people? How did no one know? The truth is, many did. But no one listened to them.

The Independent’s Richard Hall reports from Long Island:

In George Santos’s district, setting of The Great Gatsby, cries of ‘imposter’ abound

Here’s how George Santos could still be removed from office

Tuesday 7 February 2023 00:55 , John Bowden

The congressman’s colleagues in the House could end up being the final arbiters of judgement for the scandal-ridden New York Republican.

Despite wave after wave of revelations surrounding his past and present fictions and lies, the embattled congressman has remained adamant that he will remain in office. Even in the face of members of his own party calling for his ouster, Mr Santos has stood firm.

But none of that may matter if the machinations of the US House of Representatives conspire against him.

The Independent’s John Bowden explains:

Here’s how George Santos could still be removed from office

Watch: All the times comedians impersonated George Santos

Monday 6 February 2023 23:55 , John Bowden

George Santos admits ‘I’ve obviously f***ed up’ in secretly recorded tapes

Monday 6 February 2023 22:55 , John Bowden

A bizzare new saga has opened up in the seemingly unending spiral that has become George Santos’s arrival on Capitol Hill after a reporter published leaked audio from the congressman’s office on Thurdsay evening.

The audio, obtained and published by Talking Points Memo, was reportedly recorded in the congressional office of Mr Santos without the congressman or his staff’s permission.

In the clip, the reporter (Derek Myers) is informed that his potential position with the Santos office will not be moving forward following a review of his background, and in particular a legal case that arose from the course of his reporting.

George Santos admits ‘I’ve obviously f***ed up’ in secretly recorded tapes

George Santos’ ‘embarrassing’ karaoke account

Monday 6 February 2023 21:55 , Alex Woodward

What appears to be the karaoke account of scandal-ridden congressman George Santos has been unearthed on the singing app Smule.

The account is registered under the name “georgedevolder,” according to Rolling Stone. Mr Santos’s full name is George Anthony Devolder Santos.

‘Gift that keeps on giving’: George Santos’ karaoke account has been revealed

George Santos’ latest resume lie? He produced Spider-Man on Broadway

Monday 6 February 2023 20:15 , John Bowden

George Santos has yet another accusation of deceiving people for campaign donations to answer for.

The latest accusations come from Bloomberg, which reports that the congressman himself told multiple people that he was involved in the production of the Broadway flop Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark during his bid for a House seat in 2022 — a false fact that was apparently part of his pitch for donations.

The news triggered a statement of condemnation from the show’s actual producers, who reached out to Entertainment Weekly through a spokesperson — read it, here, in The Independent:

George Santos’ latest resume lie? He produced Spider-Man on Broadway

Lincoln Project attacks Elise Stefanik over Santos support

Monday 6 February 2023 19:08 , John Bowden

The conservative anti-Trump group The Lincoln Project is out with a new ad attacking House Republican Caucus chair Elise Stefanik over her support for George Santos’s campaign in 2022 even as rumours were already circulating about his many deceptions.

Watch it on YouTube:

George Santos’ office vandalised with graffiti

Monday 6 February 2023 18:19 , John Bowden

New York Congressman George Santos woke up to another piece of bad news last week.

Police said on Friday that his local district office in New York’s 3rd Congressional District, which includes parts of Long Island and Queens, was vandalised with graffiti which used expletives in multiple languages to describe the scandal-ridden Republican.

“George Santos is [s***]”, the scrawling reportedly read in three languages — Mandarin, Greek, and Spanish.

The congressman confirmed the graffitiying in a statement to CNBC.

Read more:

George Santos’ campaign spent more than $26,000 at Italian restaurant – enough for 1,700 Margherita pizzas

Monday 6 February 2023 16:08 , John Bowden

According to his campaign finance disclosures, George Santos’ team managed to spend more than $26,000 at a single Italian resturaunt since his first run for Congress in 2020.

The campaign held 32 different events at Il Bacco Ristorante Italiano, a typical haunt for a number of New York Republicans, including events it listed as fundraisers and dinner meetings.

On at least seven occasions, he ate meals at the restaurant that cost exactly $199.99 – one cent shy of the $200 threshold at which campaigns are required to submit reciepts for their spending.

George Santos’ campaign spent more than $26,000 at an Italian restaurant in Queens

George Santos offers bizarre explanation to tweet stating ‘9/11 claimed his mother’s life’

Monday 6 February 2023 15:00 , Andrea Blanco

Speaking to One America News Network, the representative for New York’s third congressional district addressed a 2021 tweet in which he said that “9/11 claimed [his] mother’s life.” The post, and another tweet in which Mr Santos later said that his mother died on 23 December 2016, resurfaced last year along with many inconsistencies in his resume and now-debunked remarks made by him.

Mr Santos said he never claimed his mother died on the day of the terror attacks, “but that she had died as a result of [them].”

George Santos accused of ‘ethics violations and sexual harassment’ by would-be aide

Would-be aide accuses George Santos of ‘ethics violations and sexual harassment’

Monday 6 February 2023 14:00 , Andrea Blanco

Journalist Derek Myers made the allegations in a letter to the House Committee on Ethics on Friday. Mr Myers worked in Mr Santos’ Office from 24 January until he was terminated earlier this week because he is facing criminal wiretapping charges in Ohio, The New York Times reported.

Mr Myers said that while they went through mail from constituents on 25 January, Mr Santos asked him whether he was on the dating app Grindr, with the congressman allegedly sharing that he had a profile. Mr Myers claimed that Mr Santos asked him to sit closer and allegedly started touching his leg.

Read the story:

George Santos accused of ‘ethics violations and sexual harassment’ by would-be aide

George Santos’ campaign spent more than $26,000 at Italian restaurant – enough for 1,700 Margherita pizzas

Monday 6 February 2023 13:00 , Alex Woodward

According to his campaign finance disclosures, George Santos’ team managed to spend more than $26,000 at a single Italian resturaunt since his first run for Congress in 2020.

The campaign held 32 different events at Il Bacco Ristorante Italiano, a typical haunt for a number of New York Republicans, including events it listed as fundraisers and dinner meetings.

On at least seven occasions, he ate meals at the restaurant that cost exactly $199.99 – one cent shy of the $200 threshold at which campaigns are required to submit reciepts for their spending.

George Santos’ campaign spent more than $26,000 at an Italian restaurant in Queens

George Santos’ latest résumé fabrication: producing Spiderman on Broadway

Monday 6 February 2023 12:00 , Rachel Sharp

Embattled Republican congressman George Santos’ latest résumé fabrication has now come to light – and it’s perhaps one of his most bizarre.

During his run for Congress, Mr Santos allegedly told prospective donors that he had been a producer on Broadway’s Spider-Man: Turn Off The Dark musical, multiple sources told Bloomberg.

Michael Cohl, the actual lead producer of show – which ran from 2011 to 2014 after a somewhat unsuccessful run – has confirmed to the outlet hat Mr Santos never worked on the musical.

Show spokesperson Rick Miramontez also told Entertainment Weekly in a statement: “Of all the tribulations the producers of Spider-Man: Turn Off The Dark had to endure, we are very pleased, proud and relieved to report working with George Santos was not one of them.”

This marks just the latest in a growing list of lies pushed by the New York congressman on his campaign run.

George Santos treasurer jumps ship amid probes into campaign finances

Monday 6 February 2023 11:00 , Alex Woodward

George Santos’ campaign treasurer has resigned as the New York Republican congressman faces probes from the US Department of Justice about campaign finance irregularities.

His now-former treasurer Nancy Marks submitted a letter to the Federal Election Commission signifying that she resigned her position as Mr Santos’ campaign treasurer.

George Santos treasurer jumps ship amid probes into campaign finances

Here’s how George Santos could still be removed from office

Monday 6 February 2023 09:00 , Alex Woodward

The congressman’s colleagues in the House could end up being the final arbiters of judgement for the scandal-ridden New York Republican.

Despite wave after wave of revelations surrounding his past and present fictions and lies, the embattled congressman has remained adamant that he will remain in office. Even in the face of members of his own party calling for his ouster, Mr Santos has stood firm.

But none of that may matter if the machinations of the US House of Representatives conspire against him.

The Independent’s John Bowden explains:

Here’s how George Santos could still be removed from office

'I’ve obviously f***ed up and lied to him, like I lied to everyone else’

Monday 6 February 2023 07:00 , Alex Woodward

In recordings obtained and published by Talking Points Memo from inside the congressional office of George Santos, the New York Republican makes some of the most self-aware comments about the scope of his deceptions that he has made in any setting so far.

George Santos admits ‘I’ve obviously f***ed up’ in secretly recorded tapes

A timeline of George Santos’ many scandals

Monday 6 February 2023 05:00 , Alex Woodward

Dogged by surely one of the oddest scandals to hit American politics in the last few years, George Santos was facing calls for his expulsion and resignation even before he was seated as representative for New York’s 3rd Congressional District.

As he concludes his first month in the chamber, let’s take a look back at how this scandal evolved, from the beginning to now:

From first questions to GOP rebukes : A timeline of George Santos’ many scandals

The lies George Santos has been accused of telling

Monday 6 February 2023 03:00 , Alex Woodward

It can be difficult keeping up with the list of fictions that George Santos has been accused of telling, admitted telling, or merely been caught spinning red-handed following a contradictory statement.

But, do not fret: The Independent is here, and we’re keeping track of the whole list of lies even as it continues to grow — both in number and in the sheer scale of the humiliation that it presents for not just Mr Santos, who remains adamant that he will serve two years in office as representative for New York’s third district, but for the Republican House caucus as a whole.

Every lie George Santos has been accused of making

'Give him some credit, George Santos has performed a valuable public service’

Monday 6 February 2023 01:00 , Alex Woodward

The Independent’s Richard Hall writes:

Give him some credit, George Santos has performed a valuable public service

FBI interviews veteran who says George Santos took money intended for dying dog

Sunday 5 February 2023 23:00 , Alex Woodward

Federal law enforcement agents are reportedly investigating claims that George Santos raised money to pay for surgery for a Navy veteran’s dying dog before allegedly disappearing with the money.

FBI interviews veteran who says George Santos took money intended for dying dog

Here’s how George Santos could still be removed from office

Sunday 5 February 2023 21:00 , Alex Woodward

The congressman’s colleagues in the House could end up being the final arbiters of judgement for the scandal-ridden New York Republican.

Despite wave after wave of revelations surrounding his past and present fictions and lies, the embattled congressman has remained adamant that he will remain in office. Even in the face of members of his own party calling for his ouster, Mr Santos has stood firm.

But none of that may matter if the machinations of the US House of Representatives conspire against him.

The Independent’s John Bowden explains:

Here’s how George Santos could still be removed from office

Watch: All the times comedians impersonated George Santos

Sunday 5 February 2023 19:00 , Alex Woodward

George Santos clarifies tweet stating ‘9/11 claimed his mother’s life’, says she died of ‘toxic dust’ in 2016

Sunday 5 February 2023 18:00 , Andrea Blanco

Embattled congressman George Santos is now saying that his mother, whom he previously claimed died in the 9/11 terrorist attacks, actually died as a result of “toxic dust” from 9/11 in yet another bizarre explanation.

In his first sit-down interview since taking office, Mr Santos said he never claimed his mother died on the day of the terror attacks, “but that she had died as a result of [them].”

“The toxic dust that permeated throughout Manhattan and my mother being present, downtown Manhattan — that is was what I was referencing,” Mr Santos told OAN’s Caitlin Sinclair in an interview that was published in full on Saturday. “My mom died in home-hospice in 2016.”

Read more:

George Santos clarifies controversial tweet stating ‘9/11 claimed his mother’s life’

George Santos and the fascinating psychology of compulsive liars

Sunday 5 February 2023 17:00 , Alex Woodward

He seems to have lied about everything, from the straightforward to the utterly absurd. The Independent’s Holly Baxter speaks to experts on lying — and reports on why we all become complicit when a prolific liar reels us in:

George Santos and the fascinating psychology of compulsive liars

George Santos accused of ‘ethics violations and sexual harassment’ by would-be aide

Sunday 5 February 2023 15:21 , Andrea Blanco

Journalist Derek Myers made the allegations in a letter to the House Committee on Ethics on Friday. Mr Myers worked in Mr Santos’ Office from 24 January until he was terminated earlier this week because he is facing criminal wiretapping charges in Ohio, The New York Times reported.

Read the story:

George Santos accused of ‘ethics violations and sexual harassment’ by would-be aide

A timeline of George Santos’ many scandals

Sunday 5 February 2023 15:00 , Alex Woodward

Dogged by surely one of the oddest scandals to hit American politics in the last few years, George Santos was facing calls for his expulsion and resignation even before he was seated as representative for New York’s 3rd Congressional District.

As he concludes his first month in the chamber, let’s take a look back at how this scandal evolved, from the beginning to now:

From first questions to GOP rebukes : A timeline of George Santos’ many scandals

In George Santos’s district, setting of The Great Gatsby, cries of ‘imposter’ abound

Sunday 5 February 2023 14:00 , Alex Woodward

Nearly 100 years after F Scott Fitzgerald set The Great Gatsby in these same opulent shores, the 34-year-old Republican congressman has once again drawn the eyes of the world onto the eastward-stretching leg of New York City, and invited comparisons to the titular character of that Great American Novel along the way.

Where Jay Gatsby ultimately failed in his efforts, Santos succeeded in his. A man who repeatedly lied about his own history, from claiming his mother died on 9/11, to falsifying his education and net worth — not for love, but for donations, votes and influence — was elected to a seat in one of the most powerful legislative bodies in the world.

So, how did he do it? How did he fool so many people? How did no one know? The truth is, many did. But no one listened to them.

The Independent’s Richard Hall reports from Long Island:

In George Santos’s district, setting of The Great Gatsby, cries of ‘imposter’ abound

ICYMI: George Santos admits ‘I’ve obviously f***ed up’ in secretly recorded tapes

Sunday 5 February 2023 13:00 , Alex Woodward

A bizzare new saga has opened up in the seemingly unending spiral that has become George Santos’s arrival on Capitol Hill after a reporter published leaked audio from the congressman’s office on Thurdsay evening.

The audio, obtained and published by Talking Points Memo, was reportedly recorded in the congressional office of Mr Santos without the congressman or his staff’s permission.

In the clip, the reporter (Derek Myers) is informed that his potential position with the Santos office will not be moving forward following a review of his background, and in particular a legal case that arose from the course of his reporting.

George Santos admits ‘I’ve obviously f***ed up’ in secretly recorded tapes

George Santos’ campaign spent more than $26,000 at Italian restaurant – enough for 1,700 Margherita pizzas

Sunday 5 February 2023 11:00 , Alex Woodward

According to his campaign finance disclosures, George Santos’ team managed to spend more than $26,000 at a single Italian resturaunt since his first run for Congress in 2020.

The campaign held 32 different events at Il Bacco Ristorante Italiano, a typical haunt for a number of New York Republicans, including events it listed as fundraisers and dinner meetings.

On at least seven occasions, he ate meals at the restaurant that cost exactly $199.99 – one cent shy of the $200 threshold at which campaigns are required to submit reciepts for their spending.

George Santos’ campaign spent more than $26,000 at an Italian restaurant in Queens

Watch: ‘The imposter in Congress’

Sunday 5 February 2023 09:00 , Alex Woodward

The Independent’s senior US correspondent Richard Hall visited Long Island and Nassau County to find the real George Santos for the latest episode of On the Ground.

Tucker Carlson defends George Santos in sarcastic attack on the press

Sunday 5 February 2023 07:00 , Alex Woodward

In a Thursday night rant, one of the most-watched cable hosts in the US suggested that journalists have elevated the congressman – who was elected to represent a district of nearly 800,000 people – from relative obscurity to become “the single most dangerous and historically significant figure on the global stage”.

Ignoring some of the most egregious allegations and fabrications involving Mr Santos, who is under federal scrutiny and the subject of serious campaign finance complaints, Tucker Carlson instead fixated on his claims about his collegiate volleyball experience, sarcastically labelling them “a tissue of lies constructed to deceive the American people.”

Tucker Carlson defends George Santos in sarcastic attack on the press

A timeline of George Santos’ many scandals

Sunday 5 February 2023 05:00 , Alex Woodward

Dogged by surely one of the oddest scandals to hit American politics in the last few years, George Santos was facing calls for his expulsion and resignation even before he was seated as representative for New York’s 3rd Congressional District.

As he concludes his first month in the chamber, let’s take a look back at how this scandal evolved, from the beginning to now:

From first questions to GOP rebukes : A timeline of George Santos’ many scandals

FBI interviews veteran who says George Santos took money intended for dying dog

Sunday 5 February 2023 03:00 , Alex Woodward

Federal law enforcement agents are reportedly investigating claims that George Santos raised money to pay for surgery for a Navy veteran’s dying dog before allegedly disappearing with the money.

FBI interviews veteran who says George Santos took money intended for dying dog

The lies George Santos has been accused of telling

Sunday 5 February 2023 01:00 , Alex Woodward

It can be difficult keeping up with the list of fictions that George Santos has been accused of telling, admitted telling, or merely been caught spinning red-handed following a contradictory statement.

But, do not fret: The Independent is here, and we’re keeping track of the whole list of lies even as it continues to grow — both in number and in the sheer scale of the humiliation that it presents for not just Mr Santos, who remains adamant that he will serve two years in office as representative for New York’s third district, but for the Republican House caucus as a whole.

Every lie George Santos has been accused of making

Watch: All the times comedians impersonated George Santos

Saturday 4 February 2023 23:00 , Alex Woodward

Here’s how George Santos could still be removed from office

Saturday 4 February 2023 21:00 , Alex Woodward

The congressman’s colleagues in the House could end up being the final arbiters of judgement for the scandal-ridden New York Republican.

Despite wave after wave of revelations surrounding his past and present fictions and lies, the embattled congressman has remained adamant that he will remain in office. Even in the face of members of his own party calling for his ouster, Mr Santos has stood firm.

But none of that may matter if the machinations of the US House of Representatives conspire against him.

The Independent’s John Bowden explains:

Here’s how George Santos could still be removed from office

George Santos and the fascinating psychology of compulsive liars

Saturday 4 February 2023 19:00 , Alex Woodward

He seems to have lied about everything, from the straightforward to the utterly absurd. The Independent’s Holly Baxter speaks to experts on lying — and why we all become complicit when a prolific liar reels us in:

George Santos and the fascinating psychology of compulsive liars