Incoming Republican congressman George Santos under scrutiny for resume discrepancies - CNN

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Republican Rep.-elect George Santos whitethorn person misrepresented parts of his resume, a CNN reappraisal of his nationalist statements confirms.

The New York Times connected Monday, citing nationalist documents and tribunal records, archetypal reported that cardinal parts of Santos’ biography were either contradicted oregon not supported by evidence. A CNN reappraisal of claims Santos has made astir his acquisition and employment past recovered the aforesaid discrepancies.

CNN has reached retired to Santos for comment. The Times study says Santos did not respond to repeated requests to furnish documents that would assistance to substantiate the claims portion campaigning.

The discrepancies rise ethical and ineligible questions for Santos arsenic helium prepares to officially instrumentality connected his relation arsenic a lawmaker successful January arsenic portion of the caller Republican bulk successful the House of Representatives.

Joseph Murray, an lawyer for Santos, told CNN successful a connection that the Times was attempting to “smear” the congressman-elect with “defamatory allegations.”

“Santos represents the benignant of advancement that the Left is truthful threatened by - a gay, Latino, migrant and Republican who won a Biden territory successful overwhelming manner by showing mundane voters that determination is simply a amended enactment than the breached promises and failed policies of the Democratic Party,” Murray said.

Santos’ biography has astatine times listed an acquisition astatine Baruch College and New York University, earning degrees successful concern and economics. A NYU spokesperson, John Beckman, told CNN, “the University’s records bash not bespeak anyone with that sanction [George Anthony Devolder-Santos] having attended NYU.” A spokesperson for Baruch College told CNN it could not find a grounds of anyone with his sanction oregon day ever attending the school.

On a biography of Santos connected the National Republican Congressional Committee website, helium claimed helium received degrees from New York University and Barcuch College. CNN recovered that Santos specified successful astatine slightest two abstracted interviews successful the autumn of 2020 that helium received an MBA from NYU, adding successful 1 interview that helium had “zero debt” from his undergraduate and postgraduate studies. A reappraisal of his run websites, however, does not amusement references to a master’s degree.

Santos’ run biography besides included notation of acquisition astatine fiscal firms Citigroup and Goldman Sachs, but some told CNN they had nary grounds of his employment.

CNN besides confirmed that Santos listed connected his 2022 fiscal disclosure a wage of $750,000 this twelvemonth and past astatine the Devolder Organization, which Santos has claimed is simply a “family firm” managing $80 cardinal successful assets.

A hunt for the Devolder Organization recovered that the concern was registered successful Florida successful 2021 and was astir precocious temporarily deemed “inactive” by the authorities aft failing to record the required yearly reports. A website oregon LinkedIn illustration could not beryllium found, and Santos failed to study immoderate of the clients helium served successful his fiscal disclosure.

Santos besides claimed helium founded and ran his ain foundation called “Friends of Pets United.” But nary specified enactment was recovered successful the IRS’ searchable database, nor successful the registered charities successful New York state and Florida. The nonprofit supposedly ran from 2013-2018, according to a communicative from a section newspaper, The Queens Gazette, announcing Santos’ archetypal tally for Congress successful 2019.

Santos defeated Democrat Robert Zimmerman successful a recently drawn territory covering parts of Queens and immoderate adjacent Long Island suburbs, flipping power to Republicans, who dominated the New York suburbs connected their mode to winning a House majority. The GOP mini-wave extracurricular the metropolis acceptable disconnected roiling recriminations among New York Democrats, including calls for the authorities enactment seat to measurement down.

It was Santos’ 2nd tally – helium mislaid to Democratic Rep. Tom Suozzi successful 2020 – and astir of the disapproval helium faced centered connected his attendance of erstwhile President Donald Trump’s rally successful Washington connected January 6, 2021, and a video successful which helium claimed to person written a “nice check” to assistance alleged rioters with their ineligible fees.

His run connection was mostly focused connected transgression and inflation.

This communicative has been updated with further reporting and reaction.