Knowing that he continuously lies, take it for what it is worth. George Santos Calls Rumors He’s Mulling Plea Deal ‘Speculative Garbage’ https://www.mediaite.com/politics/g...rs-hes-mulling-plea-deal-speculative-garbage/ Fabulist Rep. George Santos (R-NY) forcefully denied rumors that he is mulling a guilty plea to the 13 federal charges against him on Tuesday. U.S. Attorney Breon Peace asked the court to move Santos’s next scheduled hearing from Thursday to October 27 so that the prosecution and defense could continue discussions about “possible paths forward.” “The parties respectfully submit that the ends of justice served by such an excludable delay outweigh the best interests of the public ad the defendant in a speedy trial,” wrote Peace. Asked by the New York Post to comment on the suggestion that this was an indicator that he was considering a plea deal, Santos bristled. “I’ll let you write your speculative garbage and misinform the American people,” said Santos. “That’s what the media does best.” Santos was arrested in May after the Department of Justice released an indictment against Santos for wire fraud, money laundering, theft of public funds, and making false statements to the U.S. House of Representatives. “Taken together, the allegations in the indictment charge Santos with relying on repeated dishonesty and deception to ascend to the halls of Congress and enrich himself. He used political contributions to line his pockets, unlawfully applied for unemployment benefits that should have gone to New Yorkers who had lost their jobs due to the pandemic, and lied to the House of Representatives,” said Peace in a statement at the time. Since being indicted, Santos has defiantly refused to resign and compared himself to civil rights icon Rosa Parks. But during a recent interview with Mediaite founder Dan Abrams, he did not rule out a guilty plea. “I’m not making, I’m not making any assertions right now,” said Santos after being asked if he’d consider it. “Like I said earlier, I’m like, it’s — right now, the answer is no. But you just never know. Life is you, don’t know what life is going to come at you, you know?”
Just George Santos lying and melting down on television again. The laughable part is that he tries to compare his lies to Joe Biden' statements and redirects with "Have you brought Joe Biden on the network and spoken about all the things he’s said across the last 46 years". George Santos loses temper in CNN meltdown as he’s questioned about alleged crimes: ‘I stand convicted’ https://news.yahoo.com/george-santos-loses-temper-cnn-061813715.html
Hey everyone, George Santos wants to find some more immigrants to scam and steal from. George Santos Calls on Republican Governors to Send More Migrants to NYC https://www.meidastouch.com/news/ge...blican-governors-to-send-more-migrants-to-nyc
Santos is next... Rep. George Santos' ex-treasurer to plead guilty in federal case The unspecified charges are related to the federal criminal case involving the congressman, court documents show. https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/ju...reasurer-plead-guilty-federal-case-rcna119015 Rep. George Santos' former campaign treasurer will plead guilty Thursday afternoon in federal court on Long Island to unspecified charges related to the criminal case against the New York Republican, court documents show. In May, Santos pleaded not guilty to a 13-count federal indictment that charged him with 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 House of Representatives. Santos pleaded not guilty and was released on $500,000 bond and on conditions that included the surrender of his passport and judicial approval for travel outside New York and Washington, D.C. At the time, he called the charges “inaccurate” and said he would clear his name. Reached for comment Santos spokeswoman Gabrielle Lipsy said, "Official offices cannot comment on these matters." Earlier this year, the Federal Election Commission requested information from the Santos campaign after a person listed as his campaign treasurer had denied he had taken the job. “It has come to the attention of the Federal Election Commission that you may have failed to include the true, correct, or complete treasurer information” in a recent filing, said a letter from the FEC. The letter was addressed to Thomas Datwyler, who the campaign had identified as the new treasurer in paperwork in January. An attorney for Datwyler, however, told NBC News at the time that his client had never agreed to accept the position and had no intention of working for the campaign. Santos first came under scrutiny last year after The New York Times published a bombshell investigation showing that much of his résumé appeared to have been fabricated, including claims that he owned numerous properties, was previously employed by Goldman Sachs and Citigroup and had graduated from Baruch College. Santos responded days later by admitting he had embellished parts of his résumé, including information about his education and employment history. He has since faced repeated calls for his resignation. Santos is due in court on Oct. 27 for a status conference. The conference was initially scheduled for Sept. 7, but prosecutors and Santos’ lawyers requested more time in part because “the parties have continued to discuss possible paths forward in this matter" and "wish to have additional time to continue those discussions,” sparking speculation about a possible plea deal. Santos told CNN last month that he was not in discussions on any deal.
Seems like the DOJ is going to string this out well into the election year This will make it harder to get a replacement established in the district for the election
My understanding is that the local Republican party in Long Island is disgusted with Santos and already picked someone to primary him.
A lengthy article about George Santos' campaign financial shenanigans. George Santos’ $500K Campaign Loan Was Fake—Until It Wasn’t https://www.thedailybeast.com/george-santos-dollar500k-campaign-loan-was-fakeuntil-it-wasnt
This is what people who are stupid enough to donate to George Santos get as their reward. He steals your credit card information and makes all sorts of charges to it for his personal stuff. Rep. Santos faces new charges he stole donor IDs, made unauthorized charges to their credit cards https://apnews.com/article/george-santos-credit-card-fraud-f723e69a777b02a2e6b87595f45c21ce
Santos says he won’t accept plea deal and will run for reelection https://www.cnn.com/2023/10/11/politics/george-santos-federal-charges/index.html Embattled Rep. George Santos remained defiant on Wednesday after facing new federal criminal charges, insisting he would not accept a plea deal and that he will run for reelection next year. Santos, a New York Republican, claimed that none of the 23 charges against him had any merit, contending that he would fight them all in court and battle calls for his expulsion. “I’m going to continue to fight this as much as I said in the past. Nothing has changed,” Santos told a small group of reporters in his office on Wednesday morning. “I think I’ve made it clear that I will fight this to prove my innocence. So yeah, I’m pretty much denying every last bit of charges.” Federal prosecutors on Tuesday unveiled a fresh round of charges against Santos, called a superseding indictment, that brings the total number of counts against him to 23. This indictment is wider in scope and provides new and damaging details about Santos’ alleged efforts to personally profit through his campaign, including allegations that he stole donors’ identities and made fraudulent charges on their credit cards to the tune of thousands of dollars. Federal prosecutors also alleged he embezzled cash from his company and conspired with his former campaign treasurer to falsify donation totals. Santos on Wednesday insisted he won’t accept any plea deal as he pushed back – sometimes with profanity – against the charges in the indictment. “The No. 1 question you all ask me is, ‘Are you going to take a plea deal?’ No. The answer is, I will not take a plea deal,” Santos said, adding that he thinks the campaign finances charges are “bullshit.” When pressed by reporters on the array of charges against him, Santos claimed he didn’t defraud any donors or fake fundraising goals and said he did not embezzle money from the campaign. On the specific charges currently arrayed against him in federal court, Santos claimed he had no clue who was racking up fraudulent credit card charges and acknowledged that he may have received more in unemployment benefits than he should have. “I never actually I never transacted a single finance procedure in the campaign. That’s why you pay treasurers and fundraisers and financial advisers for a campaign. That’s why you have these hefty campaign expenses. Why would in God’s green earth I even handle a credit card? It was just not the case,” Santos said, adding that he has no idea who made the fraudulent charges. In an indictment earlier this year, the government charged Santos in taking part in an unemployment insurance scheme that resulted in him receiving more than $24,000 in unemployment benefits. But Santos on Wednesday downplayed the charge, saying he may have received an extra check or two and could prove that. “Even if I were to have taken two checks too many, let’s make it very clear, nobody in this country gets indicted for taking a check, or two more than they are entitled to, during (an) unemployment period or in that case, in the completely extenuating circumstances of the pandemic. You don’t indict people for that, because if you were going to indict every single American who got overpaid by unemployment benefits during the pandemic, you’d pretty much indict half the country at this point. So, you know, this is a $1,100 indictment that I can easily write that check and make the government whole,” he said. In May, Santos, 35, pleaded not guilty to 13 federal charges. Those initial charges included 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 US House of Representatives. Elected last year to represent a district that includes parts of Long Island and Queens, Santos has been under investigation in multiple jurisdictions and by the House Ethics Committee. The congressman has admitted to making some misleading claims about his education and financial status but continues to deny the more serious allegations. He has not admitted any crimes. He announced in April that he will seek reelection in 2024 to represent New York’s 3rd Congressional District, which will likely be competitive turf next year. President Joe Biden would have won the district by about 8 points in 2020 under redrawn lines. Democratic former Rep. Tom Suozzi, who left Congress for an unsuccessful 2022 gubernatorial bid, announced earlier Tuesday that he’s running for his old seat. “The madness in Washington, DC, and the absurdity of George Santos remaining in the United States Congress is obvious to everyone,” he said in a statement on social media.