Embattled Rep. George Santos (R-N.Y.) continues to face numerous, repeated calls for his resignation from Democrats and some Republicans over the ways he to put it mildly misrepresented himself to the voting public.

The freshman representative acknowledged in December that he had embellished his rsum but asserted he did nothing criminal. He told Piers Morgan that he did it so Republicans would accept him.

Authorities of many stripes pledged to look into him . On May 10, Santos pleaded not guilty to 13 federal charges , including counts of wire fraud and lying to the House of Representatives.

While Republicans in his home county want him gone, the response on Capitol Hill has been less decisive . House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) has suggested he would only take action against Santos if he were convicted of a crime. McCarthy even gave Santos committee assignments although not the ones he wanted, due to the objections of other Republicans, according to CNN . Santos temporarily recused himself from the committees in late January to allow the various investigations to play out.

Santos or the congressman known as George Santos has certainly had a rough start to his two-year term. But he has flatly, repeatedly refused the idea of resignation, even as it seems that wild tales about his past are endlessly coming to light. He ran for Congress one other time, in 2020, so there are several years worth of interviews, appearances and campaign materials in which Santos shared parts of his (alleged) backstory.

Santos told the New York Post that he is not a criminal, not here or in Brazil or any jurisdiction in the world. Speaking on the far-right pundit Steve Bannons podcast, he claimed hes lived an honest life.

I just pray for all of you, when they come for you, that you have the same strength I have, he said, per NPR .

Here is a list of things Santos is accused of lying about.