york times was attempted to, quote, smear santos with defamatory allegations. his democratic opposition said he knew about them. we spoke to many reporters on these issues and raised these concerns to the high heavens and that s well established. in fact, the dccc filed an 87 page document about him and local media to their credit did cover it. it s the better of both parties. if you are a voter in this district, the truth is, you don t know who you voted with. asked for what are could happen with george santos, his opponent is calling for an investigation. they re reaching out to kevin mccarthy to see what he plans to do about it.
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
of what this man claims to have done simply doesn t add up. and voters in his district may not have gotten the information they needed. thank you for having me. my name is george santos. he s young, latino, gay, and a winner for the republican party. congressman elect george santos victory in a new york district covering parts of queens and long island helped the gop take a narrow majority this fall. today i live that american dream. reporter: but tonight a cnn review of santos statements and his record show that his resume could be inaccurate. the new york times first reported citing public documents and court records that key parts of santos 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 discrepancies. santos biography says he went to baruch college and new york
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