Republican imposter George Santos: "I'm not hiding. And I will NOT give up«”

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George Santos (on January 31)

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It's not easy to keep track of the trials George Santos is currently facing.

Investigations at the local, state, national and international levels have been launched against the Republican MP.

Some of his own party has turned away and called for his resignation.

But Santos remains defiant.

"I will not go.

I'm not hiding and I will NOT give up," the politician wrote on Twitter on Tuesday.

He will continue to represent New York's third district and will not be stopped "by any Twitter trolls".

He does not mention that the demands for his resignation come from his own party (and of course from the Democrats too) – and not just from social media.

Santos has not only doctored his CV – he has largely made it up.

This was the conclusion of numerous research by large US media.

In addition, there is a considerable need for clarification with regard to the MP's financial management.

According to several US media reports, FBI investigators are investigating allegations that Santos embezzled money he had collected on the Internet for a Marine veteran's sick dog.

The veteran, Richard Osthoff, told US media that he had given the FBI information related to the money.

Among them were text messages that Osthoff exchanged with Santos.

The House Ethics Committee also got involved.

Recently, the "New York Times" also reported that 365,399.08 US dollars are said to have seeped away in the course of Santo's election campaign in a previously unknown manner.

There are no invoices or other documents in the campaign documents for this considerable sum.

Romney and colleagues are very clear

Earlier this month there was a very public reprimand of the MP's conduct.

Mitt Romney met Santos on the sidelines of President Joe Biden's State of the Union address.

The encounter lasted only a few seconds.

Afterwards, the 2012 presidential candidate explained that he had given Santos his point of view in no uncertain terms.

"He shouldn't be in Congress," Romney said.

"Now the trial is underway and I hope he won't be here soon." Santos certainly shouldn't have been shaking hands and making small talk so eagerly, Romney said: "He should have sat back and kept his mouth shut."

Other Republicans found even clearer words about the "party friend."

"He's a sociopath," Nick LaLota told US broadcaster CNN.

Like Santos, LaLota represents a portion of New York State in the House.

'He's looking for attention.

Even the negative attention drives him on.

He's an embarrassment and a disruptive factor for the Republicans in the House," LaLota said.

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