Group requests fraud inquiry into George Santos marriage, immigration
The LGBTQ group Equality Forum and its founder, former federal prosecutor Malcolm Lazin, submitted a letter on Tuesday urging the Office of Congressional Ethics to investigate whether embattled U.S.
Rep. George Santos (R-N.Y.) may have committed immigration fraud. The letter cites a dozen publicly available facts about Santos’ marital history that raise questions about whether the openly gay congressman’s civil wedding to a woman named Uadla Vieira in 2012 was fraudulent.
For instance, according to the letter,”there are no known notices or photos in print or on social media of the engagement, bridal party, wedding shower, wedding, religious nuptials, honeymoon or the like.” And from 2012 to 2019, when the couple agreed to an uncontested divorce, Santos was romantically involved with multiple men.
One of those men, Pedro Vilarva, told CNN last month that he was unaware Santos was married for the entire course of their relationship, learning about the marriage only after he moved out of Santos’ home.
