Fogbow

pipistrelle wrote: ↑Thu Feb 23, 2023 12:01 pm Which name though?

Vice wrote:Epidermolysis bullosa, or EB, is a rare and serious genetic disorder affecting the skin—so rare, in fact, that only a small handful of charities work with people living with the disease. People who work in this world, it’s safe to say, tend to know one another. The person they say they do not know—except, now, by the reputation he’s laboriously created over the last few months—is Congressman George Santos.

Politico published an audio recording of part of Santos’s conversation with a judge during an arraignment for Gustavo Ribeiro Trelha, whom Santos told the judge was a family friend. Trelha later pleaded guilty to fraud, went to jail and was deported to Brazil, Politico reported.

Republican Rep. George Santos’s trail of untruths. Here’s a list.

“So what do you do for work?” King County Superior Court Judge Sean P. O’Donnell says in the recording of the May 15, 2017, arraignment hearing for Trelha.

“I am an aspiring politician and I work for Goldman Sachs,” Santos is heard to reply.

“You work for Goldman Sachs in New York?” O’Donnell says.

“Yup,” Santos replies.

Kendra wrote: ↑Fri Feb 24, 2023 8:43 pm https://wapo.st/3kyYXKC

Gifted link.

George Santos falsely told a judge in Seattle in 2017 that he worked for Goldman Sachs, Politico reported Friday, adding to the long list of lies by the now-New York Republican congressman.

Politico published an audio recording of part of Santos’s conversation with a judge during an arraignment for Gustavo Ribeiro Trelha, whom Santos told the judge was a family friend. Trelha later pleaded guilty to fraud, went to jail and was deported to Brazil, Politico reported.

Republican Rep. George Santos’s trail of untruths. Here’s a list.

“So what do you do for work?” King County Superior Court Judge Sean P. O’Donnell says in the recording of the May 15, 2017, arraignment hearing for Trelha.

“I am an aspiring politician and I work for Goldman Sachs,” Santos is heard to reply.

“You work for Goldman Sachs in New York?” O’Donnell says.

“Yup,” Santos replies.

Tiredretiredlawyer wrote: ↑Sat Feb 25, 2023 8:58 am Bravo, bill! I dare not think what [santos]⁴ would be!

Foggy wrote: ↑Sat Feb 25, 2023 10:26 am Can you imagine working for a guy who tells a dozen lies before breakfast just to get warmed up for the day?

And you can't rely on a single thing he ever says, but he's your boss?

Trying a different approach with the press corps after buying them Dunkin Donuts didn’t work.

Rep. George Santos thanked a lawmaker for 'stopping by' for a chat. The lawmaker said this was a lie, and that he went to protest and ask for his resignation.

Joshua Zitser
Fri, February 24, 2023 at 2:51 PM GMT+1

• Rep. George Santos personally thanked a local NY lawmaker for "stopping by" his office for a chat.
  The lawmaker replied that he wasn't there for a chat, but to stage a protest outside.
  He said he was there calling for Santos' resignation and to hand-deliver a letter of complaints.

Rep. George Santos has been accused of telling yet another lie, after a local lawmaker said the embattled congressman twisted the truth about why he visited Santos at his office.

On Thursday, Santos tweeted that he wanted to personally thank Josh Lafazan, a member of the Nassau County Legislature in New York, for "stopping by" his office in Douglaston, Queens, for a chat.

"It was great to sit down & discuss the concerns that were addressed in the letter he brought in," Santos wrote.

But just 50 minutes later, Lafazan responded on Twitter, accusing Santos of mischaracterizing the nature of the meeting, which he said was actually a protest.

"Let's be very clear: I did not 'stop by' your office," Lafazon wrote. "I hosted a protest *outside* your office calling on you to resign, and then hand-delivered you a letter to stop wasting police resources."

The local lawmaker said that the lie did not come as a surprise, adding that he believed Santos is "very good" at distorting the truth.



https://www.yahoo.com/news/rep-george-s ... 07917.html

bill_g wrote: ↑Sun Feb 26, 2023 8:30 am Okay. Now he wants to echo meaningless Melania memes. I'm waiting for him to perfect his parade hand wave with a frozen insincere smiley face.

Tiredretiredlawyer wrote: ↑Sat Feb 25, 2023 8:58 am Bravo, bill! I dare not think what [santos]⁴ would be!

The House Ethics Committee announced Thursday it is officially moving forward with a probe into embattled Rep. George Santos as the New York Republican faces mounting legal issues and calls to resign for extensively lying about his resume and biography.

The Ethics Committee said in a news release that it voted to set up an investigative subcommittee with authority to look into a number issues, including whether Santos may have engaged in unlawful activity related to his 2022 congressional campaign.

According to the release, the investigative panel will have jurisdiction to determine whether Santos “may have engaged in unlawful activity with respect to his 2022 congressional campaign; failed to properly disclose required information on statements filed with the House; violated federal conflict of interest laws in connection with his role in a firm providing fiduciary services; and/or engaged in sexual misconduct towards an individual seeking employment in his congressional office.”

Santos responded to the investigation announcement in a tweet.

“The House Committee on Ethics has opened an investigation, and Congressman George Santos is fully cooperating,” his office’s Twitter account wrote. “There will be no further comment made at this time.”

SuzieC wrote: ↑Thu Mar 02, 2023 5:16 pm So he (allegedly) mattschlapped a young male seeking employment.

Gregg wrote: ↑Fri Mar 03, 2023 4:40 pm

SuzieC wrote: ↑Thu Mar 02, 2023 5:16 pm So he (allegedly) mattschlapped a young male seeking employment.

That's new to me. MOAR!

AndyinPA wrote: ↑Sat Mar 04, 2023 7:29 pmYep.

New York Republicans go to all-out war against Santos
And the embattled fabulist is going to the mattresses himself as his colleagues try to push him out: “They can’t control me,” he said in an interview.

Six of Santos’ New York colleagues, particularly the four who flipped tight battleground districts last fall, are working — out in the open and behind the scenes — to contain the blowback from the embattled lawmaker’s deceptions about his past. The first-term foursome started by breaking from the vast majority of their party by calling for Santos to resign, a move that would hurt the GOP’s already tiny majority.

And the newly elected New York Republicans are only growing louder: They’re pushing legislation aimed at hitting Santos financially, hoping to prevent the now-notorious fabulist from profiting off book or TV deals on his story. And they’re firing off fighting words on social media and local airwaves.

But their public criticisms haven’t insulated them from daily questions about his record, particularly as Democrats look to tie them to him. Their frustration, simmering for two months as negative Santos headlines build up, is close to boiling over.

“He is a bludgeoning tool the Democrats are using without regard for truth. They’re lying about us in relationship to him,” Rep. Marc Molinaro (R-N.Y.) said in an interview. “And he’s caused us every day to have to respond to his very existence in the House of Representatives, instead of giving 100 percent of our time to the important issues that Americans and the people who sent us to Washington care about.”

“Every time that we’re having a conversation we seem to be talking about George Santos,” echoed Rep. Anthony D’Esposito (R-N.Y.).