key parts of santos s biography were either contradicted or not supported by evidence. once we started turning up things, more and more things we started to check didn t add up. mr. santos reporter: a cnn review found the same discrepancy. it said he went to baruk college. representatives from both schools told cnn they have no record of anyone with his name ever attending. his campaign biography said he worked at citigroup and goldman sax. they say they have no record of his employment. santos claimed he founded his own charity, friends of pets united but one of the first things i did was look for some of the filings because he was very specific about it being a 501c3. when we weren t able to find that with the irs. reporter: there was no group found friends of pets united found in the irs s searchable database. cnn has asked santos for comment but he has not responded. his attorney told cnn the new
that long island, new york, politician says it is time for a newly elected congressman to step up side. as gabe gutierrez reports, troubling allegations were first reported by the new york times says george santos has misrepresented just about every key part of his career. brook college, and why you and why you, goldman sachs and citi group all tell nbc news day have no record of santos, despite being listed on his campaign biography. also a tax exempt animal rescue groupie claim throughout is not listed on the irs website. the times raises questions about how santos managed to lend his campaign $700,000. the paper also reports unresolved criminal charges against santos involving fraudulent checks in brazil. the local gop chair calls the allegations serious and says he forward to santos s response. democrats are now calling for a house ethics investigation. he s got to stand up and say whether or not he s been
you on this republican congressman elect george santos, new york times reports, cnn corroborated, no records that nyu and the college have to support his claims he earned degrees there. his campaign biography included claims of experience at citigroup and goldman sacks. no record of that at those companies. what should kevin mccarthy do here and keep in context that he s still looking for 218 votes and if this man wanted to he could say, listen, you ve got my vote but can t come after me for this question of my credentials? yeah. look that s the reality of the situation, right. kevin mccarthy needs that vote, so i don t think he s going to do anything. what he should do, well he should hold this person accountable and i think it would be important to do that because it should speak to the credibility of the republican party, which is already waning significantly in terms of how the far right and the party behaves and the fact that they are the base of the party right now and their
university earning degrees in finance and economics. representatives for both schools told cnn they had no record of anyone with his name ever attending. his campaign biography said santos worked at citigroup and goldman sachs. they have no record of his employment. santos claimed he founded his own charity, friends of pets united. but one of the first things i did was look for some of the filings because he was very specific about being it 501(c)3. and we weren t able to find that with the irs. reporter: there was no group of that charity group found in the database, nor among registered charities in new york and florida. cnn has asked santos for comment, but he has not responded. his attorney told cnn the new york times was attempting to, quote, smear santos with, quote, defamatory allegations. his opponent robert zimmerman said his campaign knew about some of these discrepancies. asked today by cnn whether his campaign was raising concerns
but this is about more than that. i want to say this, like anyone who s been honest with themselves, i know that i have made mistakes. i am sorry for harm i have caused. i have listened and i have learned a lot. and i am grateful for the many conversations that we have had together. it is a great honor to be able to partner with indian country. and that s what i ve tried to do as a senator. and that s what i promise i will do as president of the united states. of america. . proof right there. her campaign sees the test for senator warren and the campaign biography she hopes will help her win the democratic nomination and then the white house. she insists she received no advantage but as an aspiring law professor, she was of native-american heritage. she took a dna test to prove it