You Will Anyway: The Santos Saga

Wednesday, February 1, 2023

The Santos Saga

Just keeps getting better and better.

“I’ve learned my lesson and I can guarantee you that from now on anything, everything is always going to be aboveboard,” Santos said in an interview with Caitlin Sinclair on One America News.

The Hill

I'll try to continue, but I'll need time to laugh hilariously.

“It’s largely always been aboveboard,” he continued. “I’m just gonna go the extra step now to double-check, cross-reference everything.”

Quite. All those lies and the thievery were just because he hadn't double-checked and cross-reference.

In the interview, Santos maintained that he has “never” presented falsehoods about his personal finances. He added that he lied about his education because he believed he would be “looked down on” by other people if he did not have a diploma.

“I’ve never had to establish or present falsehoods pertaining to my own finances,” he said. “I’m the first one to say not doing that.”

Apparently not lying was not part of the "lesson" he learned.

McCarthy said last week that Santos would be removed from his office if the House Ethics Committee concludes that he broke campaign finance law.

He should start packing then.

Nancy Marks, who served as treasurer for Santos’s 2020 and 2022 campaigns, said in a letter to the FEC that she left her position Wednesday.

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The campaign had begun preparing for Marks to leave her role last week, but an obstacle occurred when the expected replacement said he would not serve in the role.

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“On Monday we informed the Santos campaign that Mr. Datwyler would not be serving as treasurer,” attorney Derek Ross said. “It appears there’s a disconnect between that conversation and the filings today, which we did not authorize.”

The Hill

Jesus. Is the Santos campaign trying to outdo the Trump campaign?

[Santos] submitted an amended campaign filing to the FEC last week to indicate that a $500,000 loan and a $125,000 loan that he said came from his personal funds came from another source.

And now we wait to find out the identity of "another source." Aside from Andrew Intrater, if any.

...but hey, do what you want...you will anyway.

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