New York representative George Santos’s extensive lies and financial improprieties have started to catch up to him, with criminal charges in New York and a newly released House ethics committee report. The congressman built a campaign on a fake resume, made-up personal stories and a host of complex financial transactions that benefitted his personal bank account, the report and other reporting show. His falsehoods ranged from serious to mundane and, at times, bizarre. “Representative Santos’ congressional campaigns were built around his backstory as a successful man of means: a grandson of Holocaust survivors and graduate from Baruch College with a...