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George Santos calls former colleagues ‘frauds,’ claims he never heard of James Baldwin in Ziwe interview

By Ethan Stark-Miller Posted on December 18, 2023

Recently expelled U.S. Rep. George Santos cast his former Capitol Hill colleagues as “frauds” and said he had never heard of major historical figures like James Baldwin in a wide-ranging interview with the comedian Ziwe that aired on Monday.

Santos, who represented the 3rd Congressional District covering parts of eastern Queens and Nassau County, gave the interview after being booted from Congress by a 311-to-114 vote early this month. The former Congress member, who invented large swaths of his background while running for office last year, was ousted after an Ethics Committee investigation found he had likely committed a litany of federal crimes related to using campaign funds on personal indulgences.

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