George Santos tells Piers Morgan: I've been a terrible liar

On TalkTV. https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-64712914

Speaking to Piers Morgan on Monday, Mr Santos said one of his "biggest regrets in life" was lying about obtaining a college education.

Asked why he had chosen to do so, Mr Santos said: "Expectation on society, the pressure, couldn't afford it.

"Decided I wanted to run for office, although I had built a very credible business career, but I just didn't have that part of my biography."

"I just went with it, if you are going to make up a lie, are you thinking at all?" he added.

Challenged over a claim that his mother was in the South Tower of the World Trade Centre in New York City on 9/11, Mr Santos said: "That's true."

"I won't debate my mother's life as she's passed in [2016] and it's quite insensitive to try to rehash my mother's legacy," he said.

He added: "She wasn't one to mislead me... I stay convinced that's the truth."