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Comment on this storyA prospective staffer in the D.C. office of Rep. George Santos (R-N.Y.) said Saturday that he was sexually harassed by the embattled congressman, who is facing calls to resign from both sides of the aisle after admitting to fabricating details about his biography.

Last week, Santos told the online news outlet Semafor that he did not hire Myers after learning he faced wiretapping charges in Ohio and finding his answers about his background “ evasive.”

On Jan. 25, Myers said he was alone with Santos in his “personal office, going over mail correspondence,” when the congressman changed the topic of the conversation “by placing his hand on my left leg, near my knee” and inviting him to karaoke that evening.

When asked if he thought his job offer was rescinded because he rejected the congressman’s sexual advances, Myers said via email: “The timing certainly raises the prospect of the answer being ‘yes.’”

Santos was elected in November, flipping a swing district in a suburb of New York which helped Republicans gain a majority in the House.

A complaint filed last month with the Federal Election Commission by a nonpartisan watchdog group accused Santos of wide-ranging campaign finance violations.