Wednesday, October 11, 2023

Good lord, there's MORE

Federal prosecutors added major allegations to the indictment charging the House Republican George Santos with fraud and lying about his campaign finance disclosures, presenting evidence that he stole donors’ identities and charged thousands of dollars to their credit cards without their knowledge.

The new charges, revealed in a superseding indictment returned on Tuesday by a grand jury in New York, increases the legal peril for the embattled congressman given that his former campaign treasurer, Nancy Marks, last week pleaded guilty to defrauding the United States.

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The scheme involved one instance where Santos allegedly stole the billing details of a donor’s two credit cards and made transfers to his campaign. To get around the fact that they exceeded legal limits, prosecutors said, Santos falsely listed himself and relatives as the sources of the funds.

On one occasion, prosecutors said, Santos charged $12,000 to the donor’s credit card – money that ultimately ended up in his personal account.

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The deception included false FEC reports that said at least 10 family members of Santos and Marks had made significant contributions to the campaign, as well as false reports that said Santos had loaned large amounts of money to his campaign, including one $500,000 loan.

  Guardian
So that answers the question about where he got that money.
Santos insisted he had not seen the new allegations and that he would not resign his seat.
Of course not.  He's made it this far refusing to leave. You think the House GOP will sideline him NOW? No, probably not.  They've made it this far letting him slide.

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

UPDATE 10/12/2023:


Good on them.  And we'll see.

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