Santos said he 'got away with it' when he made similar claims during his 2020 congressional bid, admitting he had been a 'terrible liar.'
The embattled House Republican spoke with Morgan on hisSantos was asked to begin his"cathartic process of redemption" by admitting,"I've been a terrible liar."
George Santos looks on as the US House of Representatives convenes for the 118th Congress at the US Capitol in Washington, D.C., January 3, 2023. Santos admitted he had"been a terrible liar" during a TalkTV interview with Piers Morgan., including his claims to have graduated from Baruch College, worked for two top Wall Street firms and lost three employees in the 2016 Orlando Pulse nightclub massacre.
Morgan brought up a number of specific allegations against Santos, including claims he lied about being the"grandson of Holocaust refugees" and lost his mother due to the 9/11 terrorist attacks. After Morgan asked,"what's funny about falsely claiming you're Jewish?" Santos replied:"No, no, no. Not falsely claiming I'm Jewish. I'd always say I'm, I was raised Catholic but I come from a Jewish family, so that makes me Jew-ish.
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