Rep. George Santos, the Republican congressman whose biography and resume have been exposed as fictional since winning his seat in November’s election, was a thief as well as a liar, a former roommate told Patch on Friday. Gregory Morey-Parker claimed Santos – then going by the name Anthony Devolder – stole his $520 Burberry scarf and wore it to a ‘Stop the Steal’ rally in Washington DC the day before the January 6 breach of the US Capitol.
“They stole my election,” Santos complains in footage of the rally posted to social media, with the allegedly purloined scarf draped around his neck. Comparing his electoral tribulations to the then-president’s, he then asked the crowd, “Who here is ready to overturn the election for Donald J. Trump?” in a foreshadowing of the next day’s chaos.
Nor did the Brazilian-American politician stop at stealing scarves, according to Morey-Parker, who told Patch that pricey dress shirts, phones, and checks from a checkbook also went missing while he lived with Santos in their cramped Queens apartment. A second roommate, Yasser Rabello, confirmed the thefts took place between 2012 and 2014. Despite representing himself to the public as a real estate magnate, Santos was later evicted from that same apartment for non-payment of rent.