The Life and Lies of George Santos

The Daily

The New York Times

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🗓️ 5 January 2023

⏱️ 29 minutes

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George Santos, the Republican representative-elect from New York, ran for office and won his seat in part on an inspiring personal story. But when Times reporters started looking into his background, they made some astonishing revelations: Almost all of Mr. Santos’s story was fake. Guests: Michael Gold, a reporter covering New York for The New York Times. Grace Ashford, a reporter covering New York politics for The Times.

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0:00.0	Okay.
0:02.6	So I am in the long-worth office building.
0:07.5	I see a bunch of reporters who I assume are also doing the same thing I'm doing.
0:14.6	Outside an office that I believe is George St. Francis.
0:20.4	This is Michael Gold.
0:24.7	I'm a reporter for The New York Times.
0:27.1	And I have been with my colleague Grace Ashford covering a newly elected representative
0:32.2	from Long Island and part of Queens, George Santos.
0:35.9	And as part of our reporting, we found that George Santos misled voters about his background.
0:41.6	We've been trying to talk to him now for a few weeks and have been met with silence.
0:47.1	So this is the first time where I'll know where he's going to be and I can try to catch
0:50.2	him face to face.
0:57.1	We seemed to have spotted him.
0:59.7	He's on the phone down the hallway right now.
1:02.6	Poisonably walking away from us.
1:05.6	Now we're chasing him.
1:12.8	Congress in the left.
1:22.8	Do you have a second?
1:26.1	What do you have to say to voters in your district?
1:39.3	I'm safe to assume that's a no comment.
1:51.4	From New York Times, I'm Michael Borrow.
1:54.6	This is the Daily.
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