by Rep. George Santos, RN.Y., the freshman lawmaker accused of fabricating key parts of his resume, is being accused of ethics violations and sexual harassment by a potential former congressional aide, according to a letter posted Friday on Twitter.
In the letter to the House Ethics Committee, Derek Myers accused Santos of groping him when he worked for Santos’s office as a volunteer, and requested an investigation into the allegation of whether proper procedure was followed in connection with his volunteer work at Saints. office.
Myers said Santos offered him a job and that he briefly “volunteered” in the office while his paperwork was processed before the offer was rescinded last week.
Myers alleged that Santos asked him on January 25 if he had an account on Grindr, a popular dating app used by millions of gay men, and that Santos said he had a profile. Myers said he was alone with Santos in his personal office on Jan. 25 working on mail when Santos “called me ‘buddy’ and insisted that he sit next to him on a little couch.”
He alleged that Santos then invited him to go to karaoke that night. Myers said she declined Santos’ invitation before Santos touched her groin and said her husband was out of town.
Myers also alleged that his volunteering, which he said included answering phones, reading mail and corresponding with constituents, “inside a congressional office without proper procedures being followed is a violation of House ethics.” .
News of Myers’ allegations was first reported by The New York Times. A spokesman for Santos did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
A spokesperson for Rep. Susan Wild, D-Pa., the ranking member of the Ethics Committee, confirmed to NBC News that Myers’ letter had been received and declined to provide further comment.
myers he tweeted on friday who also filed a report with the US Capitol Police and a complaint with the Congressional Ethics Office. Capitol Police have not responded to a request for comment.
Myers was charged last year with wiretapping in Ohio after a small newspaper he ran released audio courtroom testimony that someone else recorded and sent to him. journalism organizations asked that all charges be dropped.
Santos is facing intense scrutiny after the bombshell Times investigation in December showed that much of his resume appeared to have been fabricated, including claims that he owned numerous properties, was previously employed by Goldman Sachs and Citigroup and attended and graduated from Baruch College.
Santos has admitted to some of the fabrications on his resume by trying to downplay his lies. In comments to the New York Post in December, he said: “My sins here embellish my resume. I’m sorry.”
Although some fellow Republicans have called for him to resign, including Republican lawmakers in New York state, the Republican Party Steering Committee, led by Chairman Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., voted to give him two committee seats. Last month, Santos said he would recuse himself from his committee assignments amid multiple investigations into his finances and other matters.
