Stakeouts, Stolen Scarves, and a Dying Dog: Inside the George Santos Media Circus

The drumbeat of revelations exposing the pathological deceit of fabulist freshman congressman George Santos has been so relentless, it puts to shame that old journalism adage, “the story that keeps on giving.” One of the wildest whoppers that’s come to light so far materialized on Tuesday evening, when Jacqueline Sweet, a reporter covering Santos’s Long Island congressional district for the local news network Patch, published the following stunner of a headline: “Disabled Veteran: George Santos Took $3K From Dying Dog’s GoFundMe.” She had the receipts to back it up—on-the-record interviews, text messages, and corroborating social media activity. Within the hour,… Read Full Article