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Nevada’s Jewish senator receives antisemitic threats

Nevada’s Jewish senator receives antisemitic threats

A 43-year-old Las Vegas man, John Anthony Miller, has been arrested and charged with a federal offense after allegedly leaving a series of antisemitic voicemail threats targeting one of Nevada’s US senators. Miller was taken into custody by the police on a Thursday and made his first appearance in federal court the following Friday, where […]

George Santos’ Claims His Grandparents Fled Holocaust Contradicted by Records

George Santos’ Claims His Grandparents Fled Holocaust Contradicted by Records

Republican representative-elect George Santos, whose recent election to Congress on Long Island helped Republicans cinch a narrow majority in the House in November, has become the latest target of political scrutiny for admitting in two separate interviews to lying about his work and education experience while on the campaign trail, including claims of having worked directly for Goldman Sachs and Citigroup.
However, it would appear that Santo’s fabricated biography doesn’t end there; according to an investigation by CNN’s KFile, the New York representative-elect’s claims that his grandparents fled the Holocaust–a story that has been told with a couple of brow-raising variations over the years–have been contradicted by Jewish genealogy records.

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