A masterclass in spin, fabrication, and shameless self-invention.
George Santos, the former U.S. Congressman from New York, became notorious for fabricating virtually every aspect of his biography — from his education and career history to his heritage and personal tragedies. The weasel's defining traits are cunning self-interest, slippery evasion, and an ability to wriggle out of tight corners, all of which Santos displayed repeatedly as he deflected, reframed, and minimized scandal after scandal. Even after being expelled from Congress in 2023 amid federal fraud charges, he continued to court the spotlight and monetize his infamy, embodying the weasel's opportunistic instinct for self-preservation above all else.
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