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1. Claimed he graduated summa cum laude with a 3.89 GPA from Baruch college, who have no record of his attendance.
2. Claimed he graduated New York University, who also have no record of his attendance.
3. Claimed his parents sent him to Horace Mann prep school in the Bronx, who ... well, you know.
4. Claimed he was a vollyball star in college
5. Claimed he worked for Goldman-Sachs and Citigroup, who have no record of his employment
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6. Claimed he was both Jewish and Ukrainian with the historical family name Zabrovsky.
7. Claimed he was bi-racial, half black
8. Claimed he was the first openly gay non-incumbent republican elected to congress, yet divorced a woman in 2019
9. Claimed he lived with his husband and four dogs in Long Island; there is no marriage record of such
10. Claimed he committed no crimes in Brazil, despite Brazilian prosecutors investigating him for fraud
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11. Claimed his mother was a white immigrant from Belgium and her family lived in Brazil for over a century
12. Claimed to have founded an animal charity called Friends of Pets United for which no records exist anywhere
13. Started a GoFundMe (as Zabrovski) for said charity, falsely claiming it was a 501(c)(3) nonprofit
14. Claimed he owned a number of rental properties
15. Claimed he was robbed of his rent money
16. Claimed 9/11 claimed his mother's life. The mother who died in 2016
17. Lied about his campaign finances
18. Campaign staffers impersonated McQarthy staffers to elicit campaign donations
19. Claimed he was one of the first in the US to get COVID
20. Claimed to have voted on House bills dated before he was even sworn in
21. Claimed his grandmother was a holocaust survivor
22. Claimed he had employees who died in the Pulse shooting
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23. Set up a company called DeVolder Organization, supposedly the source of his wealth, whose address was a closed medical office. The address was changed to a PO box at a Mailboxes Etc.
24. Raised $3,000 in a GoFundMe (as Anthony DeVolder) to help a disabled, homeless vet's dog have a tumour removed. Kept the money, let the dog die.
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28. Claimed he didn't have the money for his mother's funeral and petitioned Father Jose Carlos da Silva of Saint Rita's Catholic Church in Long Island City to help cover her funeral expenses. A collection plate was passed for this purpose. It is unknown how much was raised. After the funeral he went skiing in the Poconos. With the money he raised.
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29. Started a GoFundMe (as Anthony DeVolder on behalf of Anthony D. Santos, as listed on the GoFundMe page) to also raise thousands for his mother's funeral expenses. In case it wasn't obvious, Anthony D. Santos and Anthony DeVolder are both George.
30. Claimed on the Loud Majority show that he has had a "very extensive role in gas and oil in this country" and helped develop carbon capture technology thanks to his "many" trips to Moscow.
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25. Claims his mom, Fatima DeVolder, worked at the World Trade Center on 9/11. Records show she wasn't even in the country at the time, and hadn't been since 1999; she didn't even apply for a US visa until 2003.
26. Denies being a drag queen pseudonymed "Kitara Ravache" in Brazil, though Brazilian drag queen Eula Rochard says she knew him personally as "Anthony DeVolder" and "Kitara."