George Santos wants to replace Trump’s fired press secretary. He has experience with lies

Could a disgraced gay former congressman convicted of wire fraud and aggravated identity theft become President Donald Trump’s new press secretary? George Santos wants to give it a shot.After Katie Zacharia lasted less than a week as the face of the White House, prominent media figures began expressing interest in the high-profile job, and the expelled New York congressman was among those digitally raising their hands.“Hey I’m not technically open for a job because I have one already…. butttttttt… I’d jump to serve POTUS as press secretary in a heart beat,” Santos posted on X. “Just saying.”Related: George Santos begs Trump for pardon after judge handed down 7-year sentence The social media post came a few hours after the first reports that Zacharia had been shown the White House door. Zacharia held only one press briefing, which lasted 14 minutes.Her exit followed mounting scrutiny of apparent misrepresentations about her legal credentials. Trump introduced her as an attorney, but she acknowledged she failed the California bar exam and never retook it. She nevertheless defended calling herself a lawyer, saying she had been advised she could use that term but not “attorney.” The controversy dominated Fox News interviews in the final hours of her tenure, before Trump publicly suggested she reconsider the job.Related: Who is George Santos, the lying gay former Republican congressman being sentenced to prison?Santos has his own history of fabricated credentials. He lost his job in Congress after making numerous false claims about his background before being elected. A House Ethics Committee investigation found that he used campaign funds for personal expenses, including Botox, and reported fictitious personal loans to his campaign. His fabrications also included claiming he held a degree from Baruch College in New York and worked for Citigroup and Goldman Sachs. He was only the sixth member of Congress in history to be expelled from the body.Santo