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A self-made member of the U.S. House of Representatives entered Congress with a touching story, but was eventually handed over to trial when it was revealed that all information, including his academic background, career, and family history, was false.
A total of 13 charges were applied, and it was revealed that he even did luxury shopping with campaign funds.
Correspondent Kim Soo-jin covered the story in Washington.
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Republican Congressman George Santos was arrested and released on bail.
Like former President Trump, the first words he said were “witch hunts.”
[조지 산토스/미국 공화당 하원의원]
″This is actually a “witch hunt.”″
Senator Santos was charged with 13 counts, including fraud.
According to the 20-page prosecutor’s indictment, Santos paid off credit card debt and car payments with election funds.
I also bought luxury clothes.
While working at an investment company and receiving an annual salary of $ 120,000, I applied for unemployment benefits during the corona pandemic and received $ 24,000.
Up to 20 years in prison is possible, but Senator Santos insisted they were all innocent.
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″I will fight to prove my innocence. I will.″
Santos caused a sensation last year when he was elected in New York, the stronghold of the Democratic Party.
However, both the fact that he graduated from a prestigious university and that he worked at a financial institution such as Goldman Sachs were all fake, causing a stir.
[조지 산토스/미국 공화당 하원의원 (작년 12월)]
″Have you made up your resume? yes i did sorry.”
He even lied when he said that his mother died on 9/11.
He got votes by claiming that he was gay, but he hid that he had ever married a woman, and even made up his Jewish lineage.
[조지 산토스/미국 공화당 하원의원 (작년 12월)]
“I’m Catholic, but I’ve joked that I’m Jewish. He’s Jewish.”
His political life, which did not give up his legislature despite accusations that he was lying when he opened his mouth, was eventually put in danger by prosecution.
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″He is a disgrace to the US Congress.″
Although fellow Republicans as well as Democrats have turned their backs, Senator Santos is determined to run for re-election.
This is MBC News Kim Soo-jin from Washington.
Video coverage: Kim Tae-hyo (Washington) / Video editing: Kim Chang-gyu
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2023-05-11 11:36:06
