Homocons

Axios reports: Rep. Nick LaLota (R-N.Y.) called Rep. George Santos (R-N.Y.) “a sociopath” on CNN Wednesday morning for continuing to seek out attention even as he faces a number of investigations into his background, financial disclosures and campaign finances. He’s all about the rhetoric,” LaLota said of Santos. “He’s all about the drama. And he’s fallen far below the standard …

CNN reports: Republican Sen. Mitt Romney of Utah told GOP Rep. George Santos of New York: “You don’t belong here,” according to a member who witnessed the tense exchange in the House of Representatives chamber Tuesday night. After the speech, Romney told CNN he criticized Santos for standing in the front aisle “trying to shake hands” with the president and …

Congress Minutes reports: Dozens of constituents from Rep. George Santos’ (R-N.Y.) district called on the beleaguered New York Republican to resign — or demanded House GOP leadership call a vote to expel him. Constituents waved a number of signs including those that read “I believe in Santa more than Santos,” “Scamtos,” and “Sashay away George.” They chanted: “Force him out!” …

CNN reports: New York Rep. George Santos is now facing an investigation from the House Ethics Committee, a probe that could derail his already imperiled political career depending on the secretive panel’s findings. House Speaker Kevin McCarthy confirmed to CNN on Tuesday that the embattled freshman is under investigation by the committee, something that even Republicans acknowledge could lead to …

ABC News reports: New York Rep. George Santos, who continues to claim his mother was in downtown Manhattan on 9/11 despite immigration documents indicating she wasn’t even in the United States, has invited a former ground zero volunteer firefighter to President Joe Biden’s State of the Union address on Tuesday. According to a Monday news release from Santos’ office, his …

Raw Story reports: Scandal-plagued Rep. George Santos (R-NY) got hit with yet another allegation of misconduct when a former aide accused him of sexual harassment. “It’s comical,” Santos said of the allegations. “Of course, I deny that claim.” According to Derek Myers, Santos asked him if he had a profile on dating app Grindr just two days after he started …

The Insider reports: Rep. George Santos has doubled down on claims that his mother died due to 9/11 and dismissed immigration records showing that she was in Brazil when the attack occurred. Santos has claimed in a new interview with OANN’s Caitlin Sinclair, published Saturday, that he never claimed his mother died on the day of the terror attack, “but …

The New York Times reports: A prospective congressional aide has accused Representative George Santos of ethics violations and sexual harassment, according to a letter the man sent to the House Committee on Ethics and posted to Twitter on Friday. Mr. Myers said in the letter that he was alone with Mr. Santos in his office on Jan. 25 when the …

CBS News reports: A car registered to Santos was cited six times in 2016 and 2017 in Florida. Two tickets for running red lights were paid, but four toll violations racked up late fees and were ultimately sent to collections agencies according to Florida records. Santos now owes $1,299.10 for those tolls. A car with the same license plate began …

Bloomberg News reports: Add Broadway producer to the long list of George Santos’s fabrications. While running for Congress in 2021, Santos told some potential donors he was a producer on the musical Spider-Man: Turn Off The Dark, according to people familiar with the discussions. That show, which ran from 2011 to 2014, was an ill-fated production that lost tens of …

Semafor reports: It’s Groundhog Day, but George Santos is worried about a mole. The Congressman told Semafor he expects recordings by a prospective staffer they interviewed this week to be published this evening by progressive news site Talking Points Memo. “He’s violated the trust that we had in him,” Santos said. According to Santos, his office had been in the …

The Daily Beast reports: The lawyer Rep. George Santos (R-NY) chose to defend him in his fraud case in Brazil was convicted and jailed in connection with a gang execution, according to a report. Jonymar Vasconcelos, 47, was sentenced to 18 years in prison in 2007 for his role in the fatal shooting of a mechanic three years earlier, São …

Politico reports: FBI agents are investigating Rep. George Santos’ role in an alleged GoFundMe scheme involving a disabled U.S. Navy veteran’s dying service dog. Two agents contacted former service member Richard Osthoff Wednesday on behalf of the U.S. Attorney’s Office in the Eastern District of New York, he told POLITICO. Osthoff gave the agents 2016 text messages with Santos, who …

Mother Jones reports: According to Santos’ campaign filings with the Federal Election Commission, his recent campaign pulled in more than $45,000 from relatives who lived in Queens. This included a mail handler who gave more than $4,000, a painter who donated the maximum of $5,800, and a student who also contributed $5,800. One of Santos’ relatives, who was recorded as …

ABC News reports: Leandro Bis said he was 19 years old when he met Santos at a bar in Manhattan in 2013, when Bis was in town from Brazil. Bis told ABC News in an interview that he knew the now-embattled congressman as Anthony Zabrovski. Bis said that over the next few weeks, he began a romantic relationship with Santos, …

Mediaite reports: Rep. George Santos (R-NY) lamented rising crime in a floor speech on Tuesday while he is the subject of federal and state criminal investigations. The congressman is reportedly facing a criminal probe in Nassau County, as well as a criminal investigation by the U.S. Department of Justice. Santos took to the House floor on Tuesday to bemoan the …

The Miami Herald reports: The managing partner of a diner where the campaign reported spending more than $200 over back-to-back days said he had no receipts matching items on the campaign reports. A $199.99 stay at the high-end W South Beach hotel — where room rates are typically more than $700 per night — was flagged as improbable, “barring some …

The Washington Post reports: Embattled Rep. George Santos (R-N.Y.) told House Republicans on Tuesday that he will step down from his committee assignments, according to a person familiar with the discussion. Santos, who has admitted to fabricating key parts of his background since his election in November, said in a closed-door meeting of House Republicans on Tuesday that he would …

The New York Daily News reports: Rep. George Santos vowed Monday he would cooperate with a congressional ethics investigation into his lies about his background and into questions about his campaign finances. Emerging from a morning meeting with House Speaker Kevin McCarthy, the newly elected Long Island GOP lawmaker claimed he would finally come clean about the unending string of …

The Insider reports: An ex-boyfriend of Republican Rep. George Santos said he had no idea the congressman was married when they first started dating — even after moving in together with Santos and his then-wife in her apartment. Pedro Vilarva, who was 18 in 2014 when he met Santos, described the living situation in an interview with Insider on Friday. …