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The Talented Mr. Santos

A campaign post-mortem about the deceptions of George Santos, the intra-party blame game, and why Robert Zimmerman is on a mission for justice.

george santos and his fabrications
“One person said to me there at 60 to 80 crazy people running. We can’t investigate them all,” Robert Zimmerman told Bill about his entreaties to the media to investigate George Santos. Photo: Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images
William D. Cohan
January 25, 2023

In the early morning hours of December 19, a month after the self-proclaimed redeemer George Santos pulled off his somewhat surprising victory in New York’s uber-wealthy 3rd congressional district, The New York Times published its first gangbusters, multi-bylined, report unraveling his various tall tales, lies, mistruths, and fabrications. Surprise, surprise, Santos had never worked at Goldman Sachs, nor Citigroup, nor was he Jewish. Nor did his mother die on 9/11, nor is his given name George Santos. It’s hard to keep up, to be honest.