Santos’s financial woes pile up, threatening his political career https://thehill.com/homenews/house/...oes-pile-up-threatening-his-political-career/
Bill Maher Claims Democrats Deserve Blame for George Santos Too, Says Republican Appealed to Party’s Love for ‘Victimhood’ and ‘Identity Politics’ Maher said: “The giveaway here is that Santos’ district is Long Island, New York, suburb of Manhattan, not as liberal, but almost always went Democratic. Biden won it by eight points, so how did a Trump loving, election denying, and white nationalist get elected in a Democrat-leaning district? Simple. He told them what they wanted to hear too. What do liberals love? Identity politcs and victimhood, so he said he had a brain tumor and he was one of the first New Yorkers hospitalized for Covid. He said he lost four coworkers in the famous Pulse Nightclub shooting in 2016. He’s from Brazil, which is overwhelmingly Catholic, but when he ran in New York, he said he was Jewish and in fact his grandparents fled Ukraine to escape the Nazis. That’s right. His Jewish, Ukrainian forefathers escaped the Holocaust by being born Catholic in Brazil.” Santos, Maher argued, knew the “sweet spot” with Democrats. “Nobody cares anymore about substance. It’s all tribalism. The only thing that matters is: is he on our team? Is he doing our schtick?” Maher said. The comedian accused Santos of juggling two schticks, one for each major party. “Republicans love a winner and Democrats love someone whose life story makes you want to kill yourself,” Maher said. https://www.mediaite.com/tv/bill-ma...ys-love-for-victimhood-and-identity-politics/
George Santos Assassinated But Don't Worry He Got Better... so don't worry GOPers your boy is still alive. George Santos Claims Someone Tried to Murder Him and That His Shoes Were Stolen off His Feet on Fifth Avenue https://www.mediaite.com/tv/george-...oes-were-stolen-off-his-feet-on-fifth-avenue/ George Santos claims he survived ‘assassination attempt,’ had shoes stolen off his feet https://nypost.com/2023/01/24/george-santos-claims-he-survived-assassination-attempt/
So most of the money came from the Russians. Several ‘Donors’ Listed by George Santos’ Campaign Don’t Seem to Exist https://www.mediaite.com/politics/s...ccording-to-an-investigation-by-mother-jones/
DOJ Signals It Is Conducting a Criminal Investigation of George Santos https://www.thenewcivilrightsmoveme...ng-a-criminal-investigation-of-george-santos/ The U.S. Dept. of Justice Friday signaled it is conducting a criminal investigation of U.S. Rep. George Santos‘ campaign finances when it asked the Federal Election Commission (FEC) to pause its probe into the embattled New York freshman GOP lawmaker. “The request is the clearest sign to date of an active criminal investigation examining the congressman’s campaign finances,” The Washington Post reports. But NBC News goes one step further. “Federal prosecutors in New York have opened an investigation into Rep.-elect George Santos, two law enforcement sources confirmed Thursday,” NBC states. “The probe by federal prosecutors from the Eastern District of New York is at least the second investigation into Santos.” “The two sources confirmed that prosecutors are examining Santos’ finances, including potential irregularities involving financial disclosures and loans he made to his campaign as he was running for Congress,” NBC adds. The Santos campaign this week, according to The Daily Beast, amended FEC filings that originally claimed about $625,000 in “personal” loans from the candidate’s personal funds were actually not from the candidates personal funds. Santos has since refused to state where the money came from. DOJ also asked the FEC for any “relevant documents” for the Santos’ campaign, The Post noted. Separately, the Securities and Exchange Commission on Friday interviewed two people about Santos’s role in Harbor City Capital, an investment firm that was forced to shut down in 2021 after the SEC accused it of operating a ‘classic Ponzi scheme,'” according to The Post’s reporting.
Shortly, after he was pulled into McCarthy's office --- DeSantis is no longer on any committees. Santos steps down from committee assignments https://thehill.com/homenews/house/3837430-santos-steps-down-from-committee-assignments/
A closer look at Santos' campaign spending shows a total misappropriation of funds and lots of shenanigans -- as expected. George Santos’ campaign spent more than $26,000 at Italian restaurant – enough for 1,700 Margherita pizzas Santos reportedly ate meals exactly a cent short of threshold at which spending reciepts are submitted https://www.independent.co.uk/news/...os-campaign-spending-restaurant-b2274913.html