seeking santos
Brazilian database records, historian cast doubt on Santos’ claims of Jewish ancestry
A New York Times expose prompted a closer look at the congressman-elect's claims

David Becker for the Washington Post
New York Rep.-elect George Santos speaks during the Republican Jewish Coalition (RJC) Annual Leadership Meeting at the Venetian Las Vegas in Las Vegas, Nevada on November 19, 2022.
In his campaign materials and on the trail, George Santos, an upstart Republican elected to Congress last month on Long Island, wove a compelling family narrative, tracing his maternal grandparents’ flight from Jewish persecution in Soviet Ukraine to Belgium,...