George Santos Admits 'I've Been A Terrible Liar' In Intense Piers Morgan Interview

Fabulist Rep. George Santos (R-N.Y.) was pushed to admit in an interview with Piers Morgan that hed been a terrible liar.

In a 40-minute interview with the British TV personality released Monday , Santos was grilled on a list of items hes been accused of lying about.

These included: that he went to an elite New York private school ; got a masters degree in business; worked at Goldman Sachs and Citigroup; that his mother was working in the Twin Towers at the time of the 9/11 terrorist attacks; that hes Jewish; and that he had never been a drag queen.

Part of your cathartic process of redemption has got to start from Ive been a terrible liar, Morgan told Santos at one point. Would you be prepared to say that?

Sure, Ive been a terrible liar on those subjects, Santos said. However, he shifted blame to Republicans , claiming his fabrications werent about tricking the people, but were aimed toward getting accepted by the party here locally.

\"I've been a terrible liar...\"

Piers Morgan grills republican George Santos, the man who's been branded the biggest fibber in politics.

Watch it on TalkTV at 8pm.@piersmorgan | @Santos4Congress | @TalkTV | #PMU pic.twitter.com/bNaIDJLlzG

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"I've been a terrible liar..."

Piers Morgan grills republican George Santos, the man who's been branded the biggest fibber in politics.

Watch it on TalkTV at 8pm.@piersmorgan | @Santos4Congress | @TalkTV | #PMU pic.twitter.com/bNaIDJLlzG
Piers Morgan Uncensored (@PiersUncensored) February 20, 2023

Santos admitted he didnt have a college degree and never worked as a direct employee at either Wall Street institution, though he insisted hed worked with them. Pressed on whether he attended the Horace Mann private school, he said he had attended it for six months in 2004, but was unsure what name he would have attended under. The school has told CNN it had no records of Santos or any of his aliases.

He also maintained that his claim about his mother was true. When Morgan pointed out that there was no evidence that Santos mother had ever worked at the World Trade Center, or that she was even in the country on Sept. 11, 2001, Santos couldnt offer any explanation.

George Santos continues to claim his mother was working at the World Trade Center on 9/11, Piers Morgan nails him. (Video: Piers Morgan Uncensored) pic.twitter.com/u5zdCWtGbf

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George Santos continues to claim his mother was working at the World Trade Center on 9/11, Piers Morgan nails him. (Video: Piers Morgan Uncensored) pic.twitter.com/u5zdCWtGbf
Mike Sington (@MikeSington) February 21, 2023

On being Jewish, Santos insisted he said it (multiple times, in multiple forums), as a party favor joke, reusing his widely ridiculed defense that he claimed to be Jew-ish.

He said hed dressed up in drag once, but that didnt make him a drag queen.

Rep. George Santos defends his lie about being Jewish by saying the crowd at the Republican Jewish Coalition were hysterically laughing at his statement that he was Jew-ish. pic.twitter.com/2596H5cMbA

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Rep. George Santos defends his lie about being Jewish by saying the crowd at the Republican Jewish Coalition were hysterically laughing at his statement that he was Jew-ish. pic.twitter.com/2596H5cMbA
Republican Accountability (@AccountableGOP) February 20, 2023

Throughout the interview, he attacked the media for scrutinizing him, characterizing journalists efforts to identify the lies he told to get elected as a witch hunt.

Asked how he expected to get away with all the dishonesty, Santos said: Well, Ill humor you this. I ran in 2020 for the same exact seat for Congress and I got away with it then.

Santos is under state and federal investigation over his fabrications, financial dealings and potential campaign finance violations. Brazilian authorities have also reopened a fraud case against him that had stalled because they didnt know his whereabouts.