marrying my grandmother and fleeing hitler and going to brazil. that s a story of perseverance. reporter: it s a story that may not be his true. his misrepresentations of his family history first reported by the jewish publication the forward and his story contradicted by numerous sources reviewed by cnn s k file. records from the holocaust museum, and the international center on nazi persecution which keeps records on jewish refugees show no mention of santos grandparents. one genealogist who helped research the family tree haat c request said there is no sign of jewish or ukrainian heritage and no indication of name change as long the way. i m so proud to be age to keep our family going forward and showing that not only did we survive, but now i am able to go advocate and fight for other jewish people. reporter: santos has not responded to cnn requests about his family history.
reporter: in allowing his release, the judge and prosecutors weighed that bankman-fried decided not to fight the extradition, a process that could have taken months, if not years, and that because of his significant notoriety they don t consider him a flight risk. major. garrett: notoriety, indeed. lilia luciano, thank you. new york attorney general s office said today it is launching a probe into allegations that incoming republican congressman george santos fabricated his resume. santos is facing accusations he lied about working at top wall street investment firms, attending elite universities, and his financial background. the jewish publication the forward also found records contradicting santos claims that his parents fled the holocaust. santos said today, i have my story to tell, and it will be told next week. the january 6 committee has released dozens of new witness transcripts from its investigation into the attack on
Representative George Santos (R-NY) said that his Ukrainian-Jewish grandparents "survived the Holocaust," but genealogical records contradict his claims.
carroll with a look at this controversy. look, as i always joke, i m gent gentlemen jew-ish. reporter: how he says they survived the holocaust as ukraine refugees and converted to catholicism just to survive. bye my grandparents story. my grandfather fleeing stalin, fleeing hitler, going to brazil. that s a story of of of perseverance. reporter: it s a story that may not be true. his misrepresentations of his family history first reported by the jewish publication the
forward and his story contradicted by numerous sources reviewed by cnn s kfile. records from the holocaust museum and international center on nazi persecution, which keeps records on jewish refugees shows no mention of his grandparents. one genealogist who helped research his family tree add cnn s request said, there s no sign of jewish heritage. now able to advocate for other jewish people. reporter: santos hasn t responded and discrepancies with his resume and biography. people are perplexed asking how could somebody tell this scale of lies and get elected. reporter: among the seeming