Rep. George Santos’ mother said on a US government visa application that she wasn’t even in the US at the time of the 9/11 attacks — despite her son’s claim that she “survived the tragic events” that day. have.
The revelation – which directly contradicts the New York Republican’s claim – who has admitted to a string of fakes, comes as a former New York Republican, Rep. Pete King, called for him to resign, saying he was a potential “disaster”. ‘ for the GOP and ‘dragged the Republican faction to a shameful place.’
It came on the same day that a man who lived with Santos for a few months said he would show wads of money only to claim days later he was broke – and accused him of stealing his Burberry scarf.
Santos’ mother stated in a 2003 visa application to enter the United States from Brazil that she had not been to the country since 1999, the Washington Post reported.
This is despite Santos claiming on his campaign website: “George’s mother was in her office in the South Tower on September 11, 2001 when that day’s horrific events unfolded.”
A visa application from Rep. George Santos’ mother indicated that she had not been to the United States between 1999 and 2003, but his campaign website said she survived the September 11, 2021 attacks
The website also said that she “survived the tragic events of 9/11 but died several years later losing her battle with cancer”.
The baseless testimony left an emotional blow in a Long Island district that lost many office workers and first responders during the September 11 attacks.
Santos’ mother died in December 2016 when the son asked for donations towards funeral expenses.
He also tweeted in 2021 that “9/11 claimed my mother’s life,” though she died years after the attacks.
It wasn’t the only tragedy Santos joined. He claimed to have lost four employees during the attack on Florida’s Pulse nightclub, only to quash that claim after none of the 49 victims appeared connected to his businesses.
Goldman Sachs and Citigroup, where Santos says he used to work, have not confirmed he worked there.
The revelation came on a day when a man who shared a New York apartment with George Santos said the newly-elected Republican would flash vast amounts of cash and make claims of “generational wealth” that didn’t add up.
“He just went into bars with rolls of hundred-dollar bills and three days later he had no money,” said Gregory Morey-Parker, who moved in with Santos for a few months after losing his own apartment in Queens.
Fatima ACH Devolder was born on December 22, 1962 in Rio de Janeiro. In 2003 she applied for a US visa
Santos tweeted in 2021 that “9/11 claimed my mother’s life,” even though she died years after the attacks
He described Santos, then known as Anthony Devolder, as “just megalomaniacs”.
“He would keep saying, well, I’m going to sell my phone, do you know anyone who wants to buy it? And you know, I’m wondering why are you selling it? And he’s like oh don’t worry,” he said, Santos replied.
The allegations came amid a week in which a disabled homeless veteran accused Santos of stealing $3,000 from a GoFundMe campaign to get surgery for his ailing dog and after the House of Representatives GOP Steering Committee voted to strip Santos of seats in the House of Representatives to grant Small Business and Science. Space and Technology Committees.
Rep. George Santos’ former roommate says New York lawmakers have “megalomania” and would go to the bar with “rolls of hundred-dollar bills.”
Morey-Parker claims Santos, who used the name Anthony Devolder, took his Burberry scarf
“And it’s just like things just started spinning constantly and going kind of ridiculously crazy,” the roommate told CNN. His mother was a housekeeper in Manhattan, and it just didn’t seem feasible that he was supposedly from that generational heritage, if you will. Why do you do the things you do? it doesn’t make sense to me,’ he said.
Morey-Parker called it “an interesting couple of months.” He said he “always knew him as Anthony Devolder”.
The roommate says he “kind of assumed” that Santos “made up” attending Baruch College and NYU — schools he picked up from a Democrat after his victory in a House seat, saying he didn’t have it visited.
“But then I thought, well, maybe I was wrong, you know, after the election, because I’m sure the DCCC (Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee) and the RNC (Republican National Committee) would have investigated him, and at least his opponent would have done some oppo (opposition) research.’
Several Republicans in New York called on Santos to resign. He now faces a likely investigation by the House Ethics Committee and investigations at the federal and local levels after admitting a series of false claims about his professional life, education, beliefs and biography.
Morey-Parker also accused Santos of stealing his Burberry scarf and wearing it at a “Stop the Steal” rally on Jan. 5, 2021, where he was speaking.
He told local news site Patch that he was “100 percent sure” the missing scarf was the one given to him.
“If you’re from New York, you know what they did to me. They did to me what they did to Donald Trump. They stole my election,” he said at the 2021 rally at Freedom Plaza in DC, discussing his loss to Democrat Tom Suozzi.
“For 14 days I was the congressman-elect in the 3rd congressional district of New York – the first biggest surprise ever for a Republican in New York City,” he said. has reached out to Santos’ office for a response.