How George Santos responded to being fact-checked on 14 of his biggest lies

Republican congressman, who was expelled from Congress, had an ability to evade when called out for factual inaccuracies

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The Republican congressman George Santos, who was expelled from Congress on Friday, still faces a sweeping federal indictment over his use of campaigns funds as well as other ethics questions that stem from his improbable, and indeed hard to believe, political career.

The walls started to crumble for him in mid-December last year when the New York Times challenged many aspects of Santos's supposed background - for one, that he is the embodiment of the American dream" and had run for Congress to safeguard it for others.