U.S. Rep. George Santos gained a reputation as a modern-day Pinocchio after he was caught fabricating his background about everything from working for Goldman Sachs and producing Broadway musical Spider-Man: Turn Off The Dark to being a man of Jewish heritage. Now, a new lie has just come to light: The U.S. Justice Department has accused Santos of collecting COVID benefits while working a six-figure job.
Shortly after the Republican was elected to Congress in November 2022, the New York Times revealed big holes in Santos’ résumé as well as missing info on his financial documents and “criminal charges for check fraud.” His misrepresentations only continued to be exposed from there, coming to a head in an indictment on Wednesday in which prosecutors charged him with 13 criminal counts, including money laundering and unemployment fraud.
