George Santos said Jeffrey Epstein was 'murdered' and they met a 'couple' of ... trends now
Embattled New York Republican Rep. George Santos once said he believed Jeffrey Epstein was 'murdered' and claimed the same thing could happen to Ghislaine Maxwell while in U.S. custody, in a newly resurfaced interview.
Santos told The Rory Sauter Show in August 2020 that he had met the late pedophile a 'couple' of times and described him as a 'cordial gentleman.'
Epstein killed himself while awaiting court proceedings in a New York City jail after he was charged with sex trafficking and other counts in 2019.
His death has sparked conspiracy theories that he was killed to protect more powerful people who participated in his alleged child trafficking rings.
Pressed by the far-right host on a theory that Epstein was still alive, Santos maintained he was murdered - but added 'anything can happen' in this day and age.
Embattled Republican Rep. George Santos called late pedophile Jeffrey Epstein a 'cordial gentleman' in a newly-resurfaced 2020 interview
The freshman congressman has admitted to lying about his educational and career credentials and fabricating details about his heritage. Since then he's faced growing scrutiny as more of his backstory unravels.
Among the most recent revelations is that his mother was not in New York City's World Trade Center during the September 11 terror attacks - as he'd claimed - but that she was in Brazil, her country of origin.
But in the 2020 interview, Santos said without elaborating that his mother had 'fled socialism in Europe.'
Toward the end of his interview Santos was asked about Maxwell's imprisonment in a New York jail - to which he issued a full-throated call for her to be sent outside of the country's borders.
