The New York Republican congressman George Santos appeared to confess on Tuesday that more than $600,000 (£485,610) in loans to his campaign did not originate from personal cash, as had been initially reported. This added a new twist to one of the most peculiar American political scandals in decades.
Santos, 34, in November 2022 won election to Congress in New York’s third district, which covers parts of Long Island and Queens. The Brazilian-American became the first openly gay Republican to win a House seat as a non-incumbent.
