Out Rep. George Santos (R-NY) lied to a New York Times reporter about his five-year-old niece being kidnapped, according to the NYPD.
On Sunday, Times reporter Grace Ashford published a story based on several telephone conversations she’d had with the out congressman since early September. Ashford, along with fellow Times reporter Michael Gold, first began investigating Santos last November after he was elected. While their reporting, first published in December of last year, brought the then-incoming congressman’s history of lies and misdeeds to national attention, Long Island paper The North Shore Leader had been reporting on Santos’s lies on the campaign trail since before the November 2022 election.
Does it matter? He will still win reelection in his district forever & ever. Proof that his constituents will vote republican no matter what.
No, he won’t. He’s going to be enjoying a nice long vacation in jail. He did the worst thing possible among Republicans.
He stole their money.
This is similar to why Elizabeth Holmes and Martin Shkreli went to prison. It’s not that they fucked over the public; it’s that they fucked over investors.