The Republican representative from New York has faced legal and political pressure to resign from his post after admitting he had lied about his past. The 34-year-old is the focus of multiple investigations into his finances and other issues.
No court documents associated with the case are immediately available. The New York State Attorney General's Office said that same month that it was "looking into a number of matters" regarding Santos. The House Ethics Committee announced in early March that it had opened an investigation into whether Santos had "engaged in illegal activities"