Nassau DA Donnelly opens investigation into George Santos - Newsday

Anne Donnelly, the Republican territory lawyer for Nassau County, has opened an probe into GOP Rep.-elect George Santos aft helium admitted to lying astir his enactment acquisition and acquisition background.

Santos, 34, admitted Monday to fabricating cardinal parts of his resume that helium had announced connected the run trail, including that helium did not postgraduate from Baruch College, work for Citigroup oregon Goldman Sachs, oregon ain immoderate properties. 

Santos' admittance came one week aft a New York Times study recovered holes successful the grounds helium touted during his run for New York's 3rd Congressional District.

Donnelly, a longtime Nassau authoritative who took bureau astatine the opening of the year, told Newsday successful a statement:

“The galore fabrications and inconsistencies associated with Congressman-Elect Santos are thing abbreviated of stunning. The residents of Nassau County and different parts of the 3rd territory indispensable person an honorable and accountable typical successful Congress. No 1 is supra the instrumentality and if a transgression was committed successful this county, we volition prosecute it."

Brendan Brosh, a territory lawyer spokesperson, told Newsday: “We are looking into the matter.”

The bureau declined to remark further.

Santos did not respond to a petition for comment.

Long Island Republican leaders, including incoming Rep. Nick LaLota (R-Amityville) and Nassau County Executive Bruce Blakeman, person called for the House Ethics Committee to analyse Santos.

Last week, New York Attorney General Letitia James' bureau said it was reviewing the matter.

On Tuesday, Santos said connected Fox News: "I'm not a fraud. I'm not a fake. I didn't materialize from bladed air. I worked damn hard to get wherever I got my full life. I made immoderate mistakes and I ain up to them and present I privation to determination past them truthful I tin present for the American people."