Another day brings another peek into the past of embattled New York Congressman George Santos. The website Gothamist obtained several recordings, dated between 2014 and 2017, featuring Santos in housing court hearings related to three separate evictions from New York apartments during this period. The low-quality audio recordings provide glimpses into Santos’ life before he first ran for office in 2020 and provide new insights for understanding the extent to which he has exaggerated or falsified significant aspects of his life. In the clip, Santos requests to be able to reenter the apartment to recover the clothes he had left there and feed his fish. In a ridiculous yet not surprising twist, Santos’ former roommate claims this plea was based on a lie, as Santos did not own any fish then.
