A New York Times story cast doubt on Santos’s claims that he worked for Goldman Sachs and Citigroup and his reported wealth as he loaned his campaign over $700,000 before notching a surprise win that helped provide the GOP with a slim majority.
of his campaign website that he “began working at Citigroup as an associate and quickly advanced” and that he “was then offered an exciting opportunity with Goldman Sachs but what he thought would be the pinnacle of his career was not as fulfilling as he had anticipated.”
“An investigation is merited because of the serious allegations of filing false information on his financial disclosure documents and … questions about his finances [and] where his funds came from,” said Zimmerman, calling on the House Ethics Committee and the U.S. attorney’s office to look into the claims.
An 87-page opposition research report on Santos released during the race by the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee did not mention some of the issues raised in the Times story. The group’srelies on public records to verify employment and education, said a Democratic operative who spoke on the condition of anonymity to describe internal processes.
report, and that his only compensation in excess of $5,000 from a single source came from a commission bonus.financial disclosure, Santos declared that he had assets worth between $2.6 million and $11.25 million. It also said he had income from a family business, the Devolder Organization, between $1 million to $5 million and a salary of $750,000.
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