
New York Congressman and serial fabulist George Santos told multiple lies to a judge in Seattle, Washington, while speaking on behalf of someone he described as a “family friend” who had been arrested for placing “skimming” equipment on automatic teller machines in 2017.
Mr Santos was present in the courtroom of King County Superior Court Judge Sean O’Donnell on 15 May 2017, when a Brazilian national called Gustavo Ribeiro Trelha was being arraigned after an arrest.