BIG MONEY 'OFF THE BOOLS'
Santos' '$econdhand millions' corroborate his claim to be a millionaire master of the secondhand deal. “If it was requested of me to produce any documentation from this organization, I have no problem doing so to people with the proper authority, not to
Truth-challenged Rep.-elect George Santos attempted to explain his mysterious wealth Wednesday, saying he made millions of dollars by selling secondhand luxury goods on the down-low with little documentation.
“What I will do is, I will go look out there, within my Rolodex and be like: ‘Hey, are you looking for a plane? Are you looking for a boat?’ I just put that feeler out there,” he told Semafor about how he supposedly flipped $20 million yachts for six-figure referral fees after raking in just $55,000 in annual salary as recently as 2020.
Santos, 34, declined to offer any specific examples or documents to the outlet proving his sudden success was legally aboveboard.
The comments are the latest attempt by the embattled Republican to save his nascent political career after copping to a long list of fibs to The Post on Monday.
Admitted falsehoods
Santos, elected to represent the 3rd Congressional District covering parts of the Queens and Long Island’s north shore, admitted he had spread falsehoods about graduating from college, being a landlord, working on Wall Street and being a “proud Jew” despite documentation showing none of those assertions to be true.
Reporting by The New York Times last week also revealed the soon-to-be House freshman, whose full name is George Anthony Devolder Santos, had previously been accused of check fraud in Brazil, where he has family roots on his mother’s side.
Santos has claimed that he never broke laws anywhere, including in campaign filings where he reported $750,000 from the Devolder Organization along with dividends valued between $1 million and $5 million — while not disclosing clients whose business exceeded $5,000 despite such an accounting being required by law.
“Where did that money come from?” Rep.-elect Dan Goldman (D-Brooklyn) tweeted this week.
Talking Points Memo reported Dec. 20 that Santos had revived the Devolder Organization the day after an initial report by the Times triggered a cascade of revelations about his past.
Santos did not respond to requests by The Post Wednesday to provide names of clients who might