Immigration records contradict Santos’ claim his mother was at World Trade Center on 9/11

Freshly exposed migration records for Rep. George Santos’ mom appear to oppose the embattled freshman Republican politician’s duplicated claim that she existed at the World Trade Center throughout the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks.

The records show that Fatima Devolder stated she remained in Brazil in between 1999 and early 2003, and for that reason not in New york city City when the attacks happened. CNN acquired the records, initially reported on by The Forward, from genealogy scientist Alex Calzareth, who got them from a Liberty of Info Act demand.

While in Brazil in 2003, Devolder showed on a kind that she had actually not been to the United States because she left in 1999. Devolder likewise submitted documentation in Brazil in 2001, simply months prior to the September 11 attacks, stating her permit had actually been taken.

Agents for Santos did not return CNN’s ask for remark.

Santos has actually consistently declared that his mom was at the World Trade Center on September 11 and stated the event contributed in her death from cancer.

In a December 17, 2021, radio interview on “The Voice of Factor with Andy Hooser,” Santos stated that his mom got “captured up in the ash cloud” on 9/11 which she did not register to get monetary relief due to the fact that she didn’t wish to take cash far from very first responders.

” She remained in the south tower, and she made it out. She got captured up in the ash cloud. My mama battled cancer till her death,” Santos stated.

Santos has actually formerly declared his mom was a monetary executive, although that description has actually because been eliminated from his site. The records acquired by CNN reveal she noted her tasks as a house cleaner or house help.

Devolder likewise noted both of her moms and dads– Santos’ grandparents– as being born in Brazil, once again damaging his claim that his maternal grandparents got away the Holocaust.

Santos has actually declined to step down from Congress, in spite of dealing with installing legal problems and growing calls to resign for thoroughly lying about his resume.

He is currently dealing with a federal probe led by district attorneys in New york city who are examining his financial resources. And in a different matter, CNN reported that police authorities in Brazil will renew scams charges versus Santos. District attorneys stated they will look for a “official reaction” from Santos associated to a taken checkbook in 2008, after authorities suspended an examination into him due to the fact that they were not able to discover him for almost a years.

In an interview last month with the New york city Post, Santos rejected being charged with any criminal offense in Brazil, stating “I am not a criminal here– not here or in Brazil or any jurisdiction worldwide. Never. That didn’t occur.”.

Santos confessed to taking a guy’s checkbook that remained in his mom’s belongings to acquire clothes and shoes in 2008, according to files acquired by CNN.