The George Santos controversy was first reported in a little newspaper, but nobody seemed attentive. This is how North Shore Leader broke the George Santos scandal.
A small Long Island publication raised red flags about its local candidate months before the New York Times revealed in a December report that Rep.-elect George Santos (R-N.Y.) had forged most of his résumé and biography.
When few publications were reporting on Santos at the time, The North Shore Leader wrote in September about his "inexplicable rise" in reported net worth, which went from virtually nothing in 2020 to as high as $11 million two years later.
The report also pointed out other peculiarities about the self-described gay Trump supporter with Jewish ancestry, who later helped turn the blue 3rd Congressional District of New York red and is currently being investigated by law enforcement for deceiving the voters about his past.
“Interestingly, Santos shows no U.S. real property in his financial dis...