US congressman doesn't appear to contest authenticity of drag photo

An embattled US congressman did not problem the accuracy of a just lately surfaced picture that apparently reveals him in drag, although he disputed claims that he was a “drag queen in Brazil.”

“No, I was not a drag queen in Brazil, guys,” George Santos, a Republican from New York informed reporters at LaGuardia Airport, marking his first public response to stories that surfaced earlier this week.

“I was young and I had fun at a festival.

Performer Eula Rochards provided CNN with this image of a person she claims is George Santos. CNN has not independently verified the image. (Courtesy Eula Rochards)

“Sue me for having a life.”

The congressman – an out gay man – was identified by a longtime Brazilian drag performer who posted a picture of herself with another person in drag who she alleged was Santos at a Rio de Janeiro-area parade in 2008.

Santos had previously denied on Twitter that he “carried out as a drag Queen.”

He tweeted Thursday that “the latest obsession from the media claiming that I’m a drag Queen or ‘carried out’ as a drag Queen is categorically false.”

This newest allegation comes as Santos, who represents New York’s third District, has been below immense scrutiny over the previous month for mendacity and misrepresenting his instructional, work and household historical past, together with claiming that his mom was within the World Trade Centre on the time of the 2001 terrorist assaults.

On Saturday, Santos wholly ignored multiple questions regarding his mother’s location on September 11, instead training his ire on the press.

“I’ve zero takes for you guys proper now,” Santos said, adding that he has engaged with “loads” of constituents and was on his way back to his district from Washington, DC, where he attended a meeting Friday night.

“My take for you guys proper now could be that I’m targeted on serving the American folks and I’m tremendous excited,”

He declined to say with whom he met, saying that was “categorized.”

Santos repeatedly offered criticism and complaints to reporters as they continued to question his mother’s whereabouts on September 11.

The rubble of the World Trade Center smoulders one day after two hijacked commercial jets hit the twin towers in New York City, causing both to collapse. (Getty)

Immigration records have shown she was not in the US at the time of the terror attacks, though he had claimed she was in the South Tower.

He declined to comment on his debated committee assignments and also ignored a question on whether he had spoken with House Speaker Kevin McCarthy.

CNN reported this week that Santos was tapped to sit on two low-level House committees: the Committee on Small Business and the Committee on Science, Space, and Technology.

Some objects recovered from Ground Zero after the September 11 attacks.

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Santos had privately lobbied GOP leaders to serve on two more high-profile committees, one overseeing the financial sector and another on foreign policy.

But top Republicans rejected that pitch as some chairmen balked at adding him to their panels.

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