According to a report, incoming federal lawmaker George Santos now faces an investigation outside of the United States, in addition to federal and local prosecutors’ investigations into the Long Island representative-elect.
Prosecutors in Brazil told the New York Times on Monday that they intend to reopen a fraud case against Santos and will seek a formal response from him to charges stemming from a 2008 incident involving a stolen checkbook.
The case was put on hold more than a decade ago because police couldn’t find Santos, who has one of the highest profiles of any incoming freshman representative due to the numerous lies he told during his successful campaign.
According to a spokesperson for the Rio de Janeiro prosecutor’s office, with Santos’ “whereabouts identified,” a formal request will be made to the US Justice Department to alert him to the charges. The case will then proceed with or without him, and if convicted at trial, he could face up to five years in prison, according to the Times.
The report comes the day before Santos is sworn in to Congress to represent Long Island’s North Shore communities. The Republican defeated Democrat Robert Zimmerman in November’s election, but a laundry list of lies exposed in recent weeks has dogged the 34-year-old.
Santos has admitted lying about his college education, employment history, and religious beliefs while campaigning for New York’s 3rd Congressional District seat.
Santos spoke to the New York Post about the allegations.
“I am not a criminal here, in Brazil, or in any jurisdiction in the world,” Santos told the New York Post. “Certainly not. That did not occur.”
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