After getting a 90-day extension, New York Republican Congressman and unheralded inventor of sand George Santos failed to file his required financial disclosures with the House Ethics Committee, even after a 30-day grace period subsequent to the 90-day extension expired, the Associated Press reports, meaning he’s four months late on the mandatory filing.
Saying the deadline was missed because he wanted to make sure the disclosed information was accurate–George always makes sure the i’s are dotted and the t’s are crossed in the signatures he forges–Santos also claimed various deadlines from his legal and tax issues on federal and state levels also contributed to the delay. The initial deadline was in May.
“Despite my legal team’s and my best efforts to meet the deadlines, additional auditing and tax filing for 2022 remained,” Santos said in an email to the AP. “I still have until November 2023 to submit my 2022 taxes with the IRS in order to avoid legal troubles. Because House filing deadlines conflict with IRS regulations, this misalignment exists,”