A brand new Republican elect to the USA House of Representatives has admitted that he lied about his process revel in and faculty schooling.
In an interview with the New York Post, Santos mentioned his “sins” had been “embellishing my resume”.
“I campaigned talking about the people’s concerns, not my resume… I intend to deliver on the promises I made during the campaign,” he added.
The Queens resident had said he had obtained a degree from Baruch College in New York, but the school said it couldn’t confirm.
On Monday, Santos acknowledged that he “didn’t graduate from any institution of higher learning”.
“I’m embarrassed and sorry for having embellished my resume,” he mentioned.
Santos additionally mentioned he had labored for Citigroup and Goldman Sachs, however neither corporate may in finding any information verifying that.
Even core foundations of his ethnic identification, had been introduced into dispute – the Jewish American web site The Forward, had wondered a declare on his marketing campaign site that his grandparents fled Jewish persecution in Ukraine.
However, Santos mentioned he by no means claimed to be Jewish.
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