New details about the life of imposter George Santos emerge almost daily. Now the “New York Times” reports that employees and party friends knew about his lies for a long time – and still allowed him to run for congressional elections.
The imposter affair involving US MP George Santos is spreading. The 34-year-old newly elected Republican MP recently had to admit that he had spiced up his CV with numerous lies. Some of them silly, like the fictitious claim to be a qualified economist, others were oversold job descriptions. But his register of sins is getting thicker and thicker, the US media encounter new inconsistencies almost every day, and there are already solid allegations of fraud. And now: Much of this was already known to party friends and election strategists before he even ran for the House of Representatives.
Georges Santos sense of untruth
In the United States, it is common for candidates for important office to be screened for sensitive points in their biographies. In doing so, they want to prevent the media or political opponents from coming around the corner with unpleasant aspects during the election campaign. Santis also underwent the procedure in 2021 and it turned out that little of what the conservative politician claimed was true. He had neither studied nor worked for the Goldman-Sachs bank. Neither did his family own lavish real estate, nor was he Jewish, nor were his ancestors persecuted by the Nazis.
His stated assets did not exist either, but the origin of his campaign funds is unclear. In the meantime, there is even a suspicion that he worked for a company that cheated people with a pyramid scheme. The Republican election strategists became aware of all this and possibly more through the background checks. Some would have left the campaign team because of this, others would have advised him against his candidacy, according to the “New York Times”. But Santos still competed in Nassau County, New York – and won. As a Republican in a Democrat stronghold.
Why was he still allowed to compete?
It is still largely unclear why the party and those responsible for the election campaign allowed him to run. According to the “New York Times”, there were numerous reasons for letting the relatively young hopefuls do their thing: “In any case, the Republicans looked the other way instead of publicly denouncing George Santos. They failed to put one and one together, influential party figures draw attention to the case and allowed him to run in the primary elections unopposed,” writes the paper.
Sources: “New York Times”, DPA, AFP
Source: Stern
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