Republican George Santos confesses lying on his CV

• Robert Zimmerman tweeted that Mr. Santos had acknowledged to lying.
• Mr. Santos and the rest of the new Congress are scheduled to be sworn in on January 3.
• Mr. Santos, who was elected to Congress on November 8.

Republican congressman George Santos, who was just elected, has apologised for lying about his education and job history.

New York-elected Mr. Santos stated to the New York Post: “My transgression here is enhancing my resume. I apologise.”

He vowed to continue serving his two-year term in Congress despite the incident, insisting that he was “not a criminal.”

The claim was first made last week in a New York Times article.

At the time, Mr. Santos’ attorney responded to the accusations that he faked his college attendance and his purported career history, calling them “defamatory” and a “shotgun barrage of attacks.”

He claimed during his campaign that he had experience working for renowned Wall Street companies Citigroup and Goldman Sachs.

Although he acknowledged it was a “bad choice of words,” Mr. Santos told the New York Post he had “never worked directly” for either company.

The 34-year-old claimed that as vice president of a company named Link Bridge, where he conducted business with both of the financial behemoths, he actually worked.

In addition, he acknowledged that he never attended college, despite earlier asserting that he graduated from New York City’s Baruch College in 2010.

“I didn’t complete a degree programme at any college or university. I’m ashamed and sincerely apologetic for embellishing my resume, “said he. “I’m sorry about it. In life, we make bad decisions.”

Mr. Santos, who was elected to Congress on November 8 to represent a portion of Long Island and Queens, snatched a seat away from the Democrats as the Republicans won the House of Representatives, the lower house of Congress, with a narrow majority.

Robert Zimmerman, his Democratic rival, tweeted that Mr. Santos had acknowledged to lying and demanded that the Department of Justice hold him liable for his acts.

He also recommended that Mr. Santos “resign and run against me in a special election” and “front the voters with your actual background” in a another tweet.

According to Mr. Santos, the following: “I ran for office by discussing the issues facing the populace rather than my professional background… I’m going to follow through on the commitments I made during the campaign.”

As of right now, he and the rest of the new Congress are scheduled to be sworn in on January 3.

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