George Santos, the former Republican Congressman from New York, told a lot of stories about his life and his credentials. Many of which, it turns out, were not true. And now–in just a few weeks–Santos is scheduled to face a criminal trial.
Deep Cover Producer Amy Gaines McQuade, who grew up in Santos’ congressional district, speaks with insiders and experts to try to answer the question: Who is George Santos… really?
Welcome to Deep Cover: George Santos. Coming August 19th
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Episode Transcript
Pushkin. Hey, it's Jake. I'm in your feed today to
tell you about a special mini series that the Deep
Cover Team is releasing very soon. It's all about George Santos,
the Republican congressman from New York who told a lot
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of stories about his life and his credentials, many of
which turns out were not true. And now in just
a few weeks, Santos is scheduled to face a criminal trial.
This is a story that my producer Amy Gaines McQuaid
has been following for a while. She's talked to a
lot of people try to answer the question, who is
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George Santos?
Speaker 2 (00:58):
Really?
Speaker 3 (01:00):
That's why mister Rickley Neeeds catch me if you can.
I mean, the guy who'd win to everyone. George Santos
did not give me access. He became a challenge to me.
I needed to talk to this man, clearly. I want
to ask where he got his money from, because that
was like the big dispepancy, right.
Speaker 4 (01:16):
He was very ambiguous and sketchy, quite quite honestly about
what the company did and how it made so much
money overnight.
Speaker 2 (01:24):
What prosecutors a legend the indictment is that most of
that twelve thousand dollars goes directly to Santos's personal bank account.
Speaker 5 (01:31):
I would go down these rabbit holes and start thinking about,
like what is the nature of truth? You know, like
what can I actually like tell the reader is real
about this guy's story.
Speaker 6 (01:42):
My phone is literally blowing up inquiries about saying, is
George going to jail? What's going on?
Speaker 2 (01:49):
And I thought, oh.
Speaker 4 (01:50):
My god, this is like.
Speaker 6 (01:53):
Why are you doing?
Speaker 2 (01:55):
Like why deep Cover George Santos coming August nineteenth from
Pushkin Industries,
Host
Jake Halpern
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