Santos swept into the Home of Representatives in 2022, serving to the Republicans seize a tiny majority, nevertheless it rapidly emerged that nearly his total backstory was a fabrication, from his schooling and faith to his private historical past {and professional} expertise.
His weird biographical fabrications included claiming to have labored for Goldman Sachs, being Jewish and having been a university volleyball star.
He was in the end doomed by a congressional ethics investigation that discovered “overwhelming proof” of misconduct and accused him of searching for to “fraudulently exploit each side of his Home candidacy.”
Santos grew to become solely the third particular person to be ejected as a US lawmaker because the Civil Struggle, a rebuke beforehand reserved for traitors and convicted criminals.
He was initially indicted on 13 fees in Could 2023, earlier than 10 extra counts had been added in October.
In February, voters in his suburban New York district picked Democrat Tom Suozzi to exchange him.
