New York Post

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City cries fake after Santos’ burglar rant

- By JESSE O’NEILL and CRAIG MCCARTHY

Former New York Rep. George Santos went on an unhinged tirade against Mayor Adams after claiming his car was burglarize­d in Queens Tuesday night — but City Hall claims the truth-challenged ex-pol staged the crime himself.

Santos, the Long Island Republican who was expelled from Congress amid federal fraud charges earlier this month, posted a video to X Tuesday night claiming his car was burglarize­d in East Flushing.

In the expletive-laden clip, the 35year-old Santos called on Adams to resign in disgrace and called Hizzoner a “f--king inept a--hole.”

“Don’t move to New York, people, stay the f--k away from here,” he seethes.

“This city only cares to f--k over Americans to take out taxpayer dollars and shove it in the a---s of these migrants while the city is dangerous. We can’t even street park our car,” Santos (inset) continues.

But Adams’ deputy mayor of communicat­ions, Fabien Levy, fired back at Santos on X, accusing him of lying and staging the burglary.

Levy claimed there were “no obvious signs of a break in,” adding that “all windows were raised, intact, and appeared unbroken” and said he was “99% sure you broke into the car yourself.”

He also threw cold water on Santos’ claim that his GMC Terrain was a “brand new car,” claiming that the NYPD reported that the vehicle was a 2018 model.

Police did take a complaint for petit larceny at Colden Street and Juniper Avenue on Tuesday night, confirming that Santos reported that a book bag and a gift basket worth $180 were swiped from his car after he observed his “rear passenger window broken.”

The investigat­ion was ongoing and no arrests had been made, the department said. Santos has a long history of fabricatin­g everything from his educationa­l background to his job history — and even his religion.

Compulsive liar

The ex-pol, who also reportedly dressed as a drag queen while living in Brazil more than a decade ago, had previously claimed he was a victim of two New York City muggings and an assassinat­ion attempt — supposed crimes of which the NYPD had no records.

The compulsive liar faces a 23count federal indictment for allegedly laundering his campaign’s money and defrauding donors.

Santos has pleaded not guilty to all charges.

He became the sixth member ever to be expelled from the US House of Representa­tives earlier this month, a little more than a year after he won the election.

The House voted 311-114 to oust the Republican, with 105 of his fellow GOP lawmakers supporting his removal.

A House Democratic super PAC unveiled plans Wednesday to deploy a $6 million advertisin­g blitz aimed at flipping the now-vacant 3rd Congressio­nal District seat, which includes a large swath of Nassau County and a sliver of Queens, to the left side of the aisle.

Santos did not return a call from The Post Thursday.

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