In a social media post weeks before he reported to prison, Santos said House Speaker Mike Johnson, Louisiana Republican, "blocked" the Trump administration from granting him clemency.
Marjorie Taylor Greene asks Trump to pardon former GOP Rep. George Santos
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But soon after he was elected, the lies he told about his personal and professional background started to unravel, including where he went to school, where he worked, his ancestors being Jewish and his mother dying in the Sept. 11, 2001 terrorist attacks.
Former Rep. Santos heads to prison to serve sentence for fraud
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