https://thehill.com/homenews/house/3...iny-continues/

Serial fabulist George Santos is now blaming local Republican officials for his lies. His contention is that since the local party would not have accepted him as a candidate without a college degree, that in order to get their endorsement, he was forced to lie.

"Honest, judge! I couldn't inherit my parents wealth until they were dead, so they forced me to kill them! Have mercy on me! I'm an orphan!"