Santos, who initially pushed back on the 'defamatory' scrutiny of his background, sought to play down fabricating his biography, saying he was 'embellishing.'
Still, he vowed to take his seat in the House next week and do work on behalf of his district.
Rep.-elect George Santos speaks at an annual leadership meeting of the Republican Jewish Coalition, Nov. 19, 2022, in Las Vegas.earlier this month, some of Santos' claims about his education, career and charity were disputed by public records and the schools and companies he said were involved. Santos was also accused of lying about his family history, having previously said that his mother was Jewish and her parents escaped persecution during World War II and resettled in Brazil. But The Forward, a Jewish news outlet,During the Post interview, Santos said he's "clearly Catholic" but maintained that his grandmother told stories about being Jewish and later converting to Catholicism.
Santos told the Post that he was married to the woman for about five years, from 2012 until his divorce in 2017."I'm very much gay," he said. "I'm OK with my sexuality. People change. I'm one of those people who change." Last week, New York Attorney General Letitia James' office said she was looking into a number of issues raised about Santos.
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