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Less than a week after he was officially sworn in to office, a group of Nassau County, New York Republicans are calling on controversial Rep.George Santosto resign.
“Today, on behalf of the Nassau County Republican Committee, I am calling for his immediate resignation,” Nassau County GOP chairman Joseph Cairo told reporters in a press conference Wednesday morning. “George Santos' campaign last year, 2022, was a campaign of deceit, lies, fabrication.”
Cairo continued: “He deceived voters. His lies were not mere fibs. He disgraced the House of Representatives … He’s not welcome here at Republican headquarters.”
A spokesperson for Santos did not immediately respond to PEOPLE’s request for comment, though the congressman himself told reporters on Capitol Hill that he “will not” resign,Fox News reports.
Santos, who was elected in November to represent New York’s 3rd Congressional District, has in recent weeks been the subject of numerous headlines and both federal and state-level investigations after admitting to lying about large portions of his past.
In an interview given days later to theNew York Post, thenew congressman admitted he lied aboutsome things, such as working at Goldman Sachs and Citigroup, as he had previously asserted (he never worked at either), and attending Baruch College or New York University (he attended neither).
Santos didn’t open up about everything in his past, though. While he previouslylaid claim to Jewish heritageon his campaign website and throughout his campaign, Santos told thePostthat he “never claimed to be Jewish. I am Catholic. Because I learned my maternal family had a Jewish background I said I was ‘Jew-ish.’ "
Many questionsregarding Santos' financesalso remain unanswered.
In financial disclosure documents, Santos said he earned millions of dollars in 2021 and 2022 from a business he started in May 2021.
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Santos is currentlyunder federal investigation over questions about his finances, and the Nassau County District Attorney’s Office in New York recently announced that it, too,is investigating the incoming lawmaker.
source: people.com
