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The Guardian - US
The Guardian - US
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Edward Helmore

George Santos’s weirdest lies revisited as he pleads guilty to fraud

a man (George Santos) wearing a navy blazer, gray sweater and glasses sits with his hands steepled
George Santos in the House chamber on 6 January 2023. Photograph: Alex Brandon/AP

George Santos’s plea deal invites a review of the former Republican representative’s most enduring, sometimes fabulous – but reliably pointless – false statements that destroyed the career of someone briefly seen as a potential young star of the Republican parties.

Here are some of the main ones.

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