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Republican Rep. George Santos of New York leaves a House GOP conference meeting on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC, January 25, 2023. (AP/Andrew Harnik)
February 1, 2023, 10:56 am
Santos bows out of House panels amid fury over lies about his past
Temporary resignation comes as Republican lawmaker is probed for embellishing on finances, family, resume; meanwhile, Republicans move to oust Ilhan Omar from Foreign Affairs panel
By KEVIN FREKING
US House Representative George Santos leaves a House GOP conference meeting on Capitol Hill in Washington, January 25, 2023. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)
January 28, 2023, 6:15 am
George Santos, US congressman who lied about Jewish heritage, once praised Hitler
House representative who fabricated most of life story before election said ‘hight hitler,’ joked about killing Jews, in 2011 Facebook post
By Andrew Lapin
Mazi Melesa Pilip appears at a press conference in Mineola, New York on January 29, 2023. (Office of Mazi Melesa Pilip via JTA)
January 21, 2023, 5:21 am
As Santos pressed to resign, Black Jewish GOP lawmaker in NY emerges as contender
Mazi Melesa Pilip, who was airlifted to Israel in Operation Solomon before later moving to Long Island, says she’s focused on current post in Nassau County and not US House seat
By Ron Kampeas
Rep. George Santos, R-New York, departs Capitol Hill in Washington, an. 11, 2023. (Patrick Semansky/AP)
January 15, 2023, 3:22 pm
Some influential Republicans were aware of Santos’s lies in the past – reports
NY lawmaker’s own campaign team commissioned report in 2021 with conclusions that prompted many to resign; questions and doubts circulated, but no action was taken, NYT reports
By TOI staff
Rep. George Santos, R-N.Y., departs after attending a House GOP conference meeting on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, Jan. 10, 2023. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)
January 11, 2023, 9:55 pm
NY GOP says Santos ‘disgraced’ House by lying about being Jewish, should resign
Freshman Republican lawmaker who lied about personal and campaign finances, as well as his work history and family heritage, flatly rejects growing calls to step down
By Michelle L. Price
US Represntative-elect George Santos sits in the chamber during opening day of the 118th Congress at the US Capitol in Washington, January 3, 2023. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)
January 4, 2023, 12:26 am
George Santos, under fire for massive lies, quiet in Congress as swearing-in delayed
Republican representative-elect refuses questions from reporters, sits alone in chamber amid uproar over fabricating his past, including supposed Jewish heritage
By Michelle L. Price
US Representative-elect George Santos speaks at the Republican Jewish Coalition Annual Leadership Meeting in Las Vegas, Nevada, on November 19, 2022. (Wade Vandervort / AFP)
December 29, 2022, 5:56 am
GOP Congressman-elect George Santos investigated for lying about his past
Long Island prosecutors launch probe into falsehoods and fabrications about NY Representative-elect’s heritage, education, professional background
By BOBBY CAINA CALVAN
US Representative-elect George Santos, a New York Republican, speaks at an annual leadership meeting of the Republican Jewish Coalition, November 19, 2022, in Las Vegas. (AP Photo/John Locher)
December 28, 2022, 1:21 am
‘He deceived us’: GOP Jewish group pans congressman-elect who lied about being a Jew
Republican Jewish Coalition dissociates from George Santos after he acknowledged ’embellishments’ in bio but insisted he never said he was Jewish, as new evidence shows otherwise
By Jacob Magid
Republican candidate for New York's 3rd Congressional District George Santos, right, talks to a voter while campaigning outside a Stop and Shop store, November 5, 2022, in Glen Cove, New York. (AP/Mary Altaffer)
December 27, 2022, 8:18 am
‘I said I was Jew-ish’: GOP Congressman-elect walks back biography ’embellishments’
After media reports reveal he isn’t grandson of German refugees who fled the Nazis, a former Goldman Sachs employee or a college graduate, George Santos says he’s not quitting
By Jacob Magid
Then-Republican candidate George Santos for New York's 3rd Congressional District campaigns outside a Stop and Shop store, November 5, 2022, in Glen Cove, New York. (AP/Mary Altaffer)
December 23, 2022, 2:18 pm
NY congressman-elect apparently lied about having grandparents who fled Nazis
Maternal grandparents of George Santos born in Brazil, documents show, contradicting GOP candidate’s claim they escaped Europe; elected Republican also campaigned with false resume
By PHILISSA CRAMER
US Representative-elect George Santos, a New York Republican, speaks at an annual leadership meeting of the Republican Jewish Coalition, November 19, 2022, in Las Vegas. (AP Photo/John Locher)
December 20, 2022, 2:28 am
New York congressman-elect campaigned as a Jewish Republican. Was he lying?
NYT exposé alleges much of what George Santos has said about his past is false or questionable, doesn’t address his self-identification as an ethnic Jew who practices Catholicism
By Ron Kampeas
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