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CNN reports:
Embattled GOP Rep. George Santos refused to take off the table a potential plea deal with the federal government and acknowledged mistakes in his handling of key issues outlined in the criminal indictments against him even as he forcefully defended himself.
In a wide-ranging interview with CNN, the New York Republican blamed “stupidity” and “insecurity” for his extensive fabrications about his biography, but insisted he is working to prove his debunked claim that his grandparents fled the Holocaust. Santos summed up what the past year has been like for him in one word: “Hell.”
“I lost privacy. I lost the ability to just have a normal life,” he said. “Not having the ability to just, you know, take my husband, and let’s go for a walk in the park without the fear of having some psycho try to, I don’t know, hurt me or him.”
The Daily Beast reports:
In his CNN interview, Santos again claimed his grandfather hailed from Ukraine (the broadcaster had previously debunked this) and then falsely claimed he had never claimed to be Jewish. He said he had spent the last 10 months hiring genealogists to prove his case, but that Ukraine’s “freaking war” has complicated his efforts to obtain proof.
“You have documented proof that your grandparents fled the Holocaust?” Raju asked. “I am working on finishing getting the last pieces of it, specifically the piece in Brazil, where they go to Brazil, and then have documents forged, so that they can blend in and all of that,” Santos said.
“And once I have everything ready, I will allow the same company I hired to submit the report to the press, with glee. I’m not going to sit here and continuously debate my entire life,” Santos said.
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