Santos Allegedly Filed Fraudulent Fundraising Reports with the FEC to Obtain Financial Support for His Campaign and Repeatedly Charged the Credit Cards of Campaign Contributors Without Authorization
CENTRAL ISLIP, NY – A 23-count superseding indictment was filed today in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York, charging George Anthony Devolder Santos, better known as “George Santos,” the United States Representative for the Third District of New York, with one count of conspiracy to commit offenses against the United States, two counts of wire fraud, two counts of making materially false statements to the Federal Election Commission (FEC), two counts of falsifying records submitted to obstruct the FEC, two counts of aggravated identity theft, and one count of access device fraud, in addition to the seven counts of wire fraud, three counts of money laundering, one count of theft of public funds, and two counts of making materially false statements to the United States House of Representatives that were charged in the original indictment. Santos is due back in federal court in Central Islip on October 27, 2023.
Breon Peace, United States Attorney for the Eastern District of New York, Nicole M. Argentieri, Acting Assistant Attorney General of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division, and James Smith, Assistant Director-in-Charge, Federal Bureau of Investigation, New York Field Office (FBI), and Anne T. Donnelly, Nassau County District Attorney, announced the superseding indictment.
“As alleged, Santos is charged with stealing people’s identities and making charges on his own donors’ credit cards without their authorization, lying to the FEC and, by extension, the public about the financial state of his campaign. Santos falsely inflated the campaign’s reported receipts with non-existent loans and contributions that were either fabricated or stolen” stated United States Attorney Peace. “This Office will relentlessly pursue criminal charges against anyone who uses the electoral process as an opportunity to defraud the public and our government institutions.”
“Santos allegedly led multiple additional fraudulent criminal schemes, lying to the American public in the process. The FBI is committed to upholding the laws of our electoral process. Anyone who attempts to violate the law as part of a political campaign will face punishment in the criminal justice system,” stated FBI Assistant Director-in-Charge Smith.
“The defendant – a Congressman – allegedly stole the identities of family members and used the credit card information of political contributors to fraudulently inflate his campaign coffers,” stated District Attorney Donnelly. “We thank our partners in the US Attorney’s Office and the FBI as we work together to root out public corruption on Long Island.”
As alleged in the superseding indictment, Santos, who was elected to Congress last November and sworn in as the U.S. Representative for New York’s Third Congressional District on January 7, 2023, engaged in two fraudulent schemes, in addition to the multiple fraudulent schemes alleged in the original indictment.
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Bye Felicia.
Members of his campaign staff have already testified that he gave his campaign a fake donation. He is the definition of caught red handed. If im his lawyer, im telling him to plead guilty tomorrow and pray that the judge is lenient. Otherwise, hes doing 5-10 pretty easy.
The bigger they lie, the harder they fall.
This supersedes the previous indictment. The guy is so fucked.
Santos: “I have more criminal counts than Trump!”
The Republicans still need him for his speaker vote. True in January as it is today.
No, no, it’s fine because he says on his forms that these numbers are guesses and it’s up to the FEC to verify it.
He’s just another trump. Racking up charges doesn’t mean anything until justice finally gets doled out. With each passing day, the longer he gets away with it all, the more emboldened the next person or persons will be, and these types are already pretty damn shameless to begin with.
Republicans are effectively stretching out the boundary of accountability for politicians year after year with ineffective opposition.
Why would Hunter Biden do this
Ladies and gentlemen; the new face of the Republican Party: George “Jesus Christ” Santos!
Is he going to start bleating ‘election interference!!’ and ‘witch-hunt!!’ every 2 seconds like the other guy now?
The 10 new counts:
* conspiracy to commit offenses against the United States
* wire fraud
* aggravated identity theft
* access device fraud
* false statements to the Federal Election Commission
* falsifying records to obstruct the commission
It’s about time justice got off it’s ass. It’s also time to look into corrupt Supreme Court justices (at least two).
Tomorrow Republicans will make Gym Jordan speaker on the first vote, and 5 new committees will be created to interfere with DOJ and the FBI.
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I thought republicans were above the law. Must be a witch hunt.
Is this a contest? It seems like a contest. Trump is in the lead with 91. For such a loser, I think Trump wins.
My god, they really are just a bunch of crooks
“Those are rookie numbers.” -You know who.
Put him on the house budget committee. He’s got strong conservative principles.
I for one will not stand for this.
You do not treat America’s first noble prize winning gay, former NCAA volleyball star, politician like this.
Shame, shame!
Wonder if any republicans will denounce him.
Looks like that guilty plea his campaign finance manager took wasn’t to protect him, but may have helped in providing evidence: [Government Source](https://www.justice.gov/usao-edny/pr/congressman-george-santos-charged-conspiracy-wire-fraud-false-statements-0)
Santos Allegedly Filed Fraudulent Fundraising Reports with the FEC to Obtain Financial Support for His Campaign and Repeatedly Charged the Credit Cards of Campaign Contributors Without Authorization
CENTRAL ISLIP, NY – A 23-count superseding indictment was filed today in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York, charging George Anthony Devolder Santos, better known as “George Santos,” the United States Representative for the Third District of New York, with one count of conspiracy to commit offenses against the United States, two counts of wire fraud, two counts of making materially false statements to the Federal Election Commission (FEC), two counts of falsifying records submitted to obstruct the FEC, two counts of aggravated identity theft, and one count of access device fraud, in addition to the seven counts of wire fraud, three counts of money laundering, one count of theft of public funds, and two counts of making materially false statements to the United States House of Representatives that were charged in the original indictment. Santos is due back in federal court in Central Islip on October 27, 2023.
Breon Peace, United States Attorney for the Eastern District of New York, Nicole M. Argentieri, Acting Assistant Attorney General of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division, and James Smith, Assistant Director-in-Charge, Federal Bureau of Investigation, New York Field Office (FBI), and Anne T. Donnelly, Nassau County District Attorney, announced the superseding indictment.
“As alleged, Santos is charged with stealing people’s identities and making charges on his own donors’ credit cards without their authorization, lying to the FEC and, by extension, the public about the financial state of his campaign. Santos falsely inflated the campaign’s reported receipts with non-existent loans and contributions that were either fabricated or stolen” stated United States Attorney Peace. “This Office will relentlessly pursue criminal charges against anyone who uses the electoral process as an opportunity to defraud the public and our government institutions.”
“Santos allegedly led multiple additional fraudulent criminal schemes, lying to the American public in the process. The FBI is committed to upholding the laws of our electoral process. Anyone who attempts to violate the law as part of a political campaign will face punishment in the criminal justice system,” stated FBI Assistant Director-in-Charge Smith.
“The defendant – a Congressman – allegedly stole the identities of family members and used the credit card information of political contributors to fraudulently inflate his campaign coffers,” stated District Attorney Donnelly. “We thank our partners in the US Attorney’s Office and the FBI as we work together to root out public corruption on Long Island.”
As alleged in the superseding indictment, Santos, who was elected to Congress last November and sworn in as the U.S. Representative for New York’s Third Congressional District on January 7, 2023, engaged in two fraudulent schemes, in addition to the multiple fraudulent schemes alleged in the original indictment.
…
Bye Felicia.
Members of his campaign staff have already testified that he gave his campaign a fake donation. He is the definition of caught red handed. If im his lawyer, im telling him to plead guilty tomorrow and pray that the judge is lenient. Otherwise, hes doing 5-10 pretty easy.
The bigger they lie, the harder they fall.
This supersedes the previous indictment. The guy is so fucked.
Santos: “I have more criminal counts than Trump!”
The Republicans still need him for his speaker vote. True in January as it is today.
No, no, it’s fine because he says on his forms that these numbers are guesses and it’s up to the FEC to verify it.
He’s just another trump. Racking up charges doesn’t mean anything until justice finally gets doled out. With each passing day, the longer he gets away with it all, the more emboldened the next person or persons will be, and these types are already pretty damn shameless to begin with.
Republicans are effectively stretching out the boundary of accountability for politicians year after year with ineffective opposition.
Why would Hunter Biden do this
Ladies and gentlemen; the new face of the Republican Party: George “Jesus Christ” Santos!
Is he going to start bleating ‘election interference!!’ and ‘witch-hunt!!’ every 2 seconds like the other guy now?
The 10 new counts:
* conspiracy to commit offenses against the United States
* wire fraud
* aggravated identity theft
* access device fraud
* false statements to the Federal Election Commission
* falsifying records to obstruct the commission
It’s about time justice got off it’s ass. It’s also time to look into corrupt Supreme Court justices (at least two).
Tomorrow Republicans will make Gym Jordan speaker on the first vote, and 5 new committees will be created to interfere with DOJ and the FBI.
Only 23? Rookie! I know a guy with 91.