Democracy Dies in Darkness

Santos is accused of harassing prospective staffer in his D.C. office

February 5, 2023 at 6:45 p.m. EST
George Santos on Capitol Hill. (Al Drago/Bloomberg News)
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A prospective staffer in the D.C. office of Rep. George Santos (R-N.Y.) said Saturday that he was sexually harassed by the embattled congressman, who is facing calls to resign from both sides of the aisle after admitting to fabricating details about his biography.

Derek Myers made the allegation in a series of posts on Twitter, which included a complaint he said he filed with the Office of Congressional Ethics. A spokeswoman for Rep. Susan Wild (D-Pa.), the ranking Democrat on the House Ethics Committee, confirmed that the congresswoman received the complaint.