Merged NY Rep Santos (merged from GOP elected that guy in WW84 and GOP are liars)

[Jimmy Higgins]

If Santos rather go back to jail instead of name the suretors, I don't see anyone stopping him. Where did such a penniless fraud get these lawyers from?

 

[Copernicus]

...Murray noted a call that he received last week from a male voice shouting, “Who paid Santos’ bond?” He said he's concerned “they are just waiting to pounce” on the people who backed Santos' bond.

Santos used his falsetto voice, so they didn't recognize who it was.

 

[blastula]

Congressman Santos forthrightly calls for integrity in the House

 

[Jimmy Higgins]

Congressman Santos forthrightly calls for integrity in the House

That is nothing compared to the fact he voted 'present' on the censure vote.

 

[blastula]

Feds indict paid fundraiser for Rep. George Santos for allegedly impersonating Speaker McCarthy aide

Rep. George Santos, a New York Republican who employed Samuel Miele as a fundraiser, previously was slapped with federal criminal charges in the same court.

www.cnbc.com

A man who was a paid campaign fundraiser for Rep. George Santos was indicted in New York on federal criminal charges related to his allegedly impersonating a top aide to House Speaker Kevin McCarthy as he solicited donations for Santos.

The fundraiser, Samuel Miele, last Sept. 26 allegedly sent a letter to Santos “in which he admitted to ‘faking my identity to a big donor,’ but stated that he was ‘high risk, high reward in everything I do,’ ” according to the indictment in U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York.

Miele, who raised money for Santos’ campaigns in 2020 and 2022, was charged with four counts of wire fraud, and one count of aggravated identity theft in the six-page indictment, which was unsealed Wednesday.

 

[bilby]

stated that he was ‘high risk, high reward in everything I do.'

He should just have robbed some banks, then.

 

[James Brown]

Isn't that what the billionaire who went down to the Titanic in his homemade submarine said? If you're not taking risks, then I'm better than you, or somesuch.

 

[Elixir]

If you're not taking risks, then I'm better than you, or somesuch.

Better? Or deader?

 

[blastula]

Rep. George Santos’ former campaign treasurer will plead guilty to a federal felony, prosecutors say

Nancy Marks is a veteran Long Island political operative.

www.politico.com

The ex-campaign treasurer for Rep. George Santos is scheduled to enter a guilty plea to an unspecified felony in connection with the sprawling federal investigation of financial irregularities surrounding the indicted New York Republican, prosecutors say.

Nancy Marks is a veteran Long Island political operative. Marks served as the campaign treasurer and close aide to Santos during his two congressional bids. Marks resigned amid growing questions about Santos’ campaign finances and revelations Santos had fabricated much of his life story.
.....
Any deal with prosecutors that requires Marks to testify in the case against Santos could be a severe blow to the Republican, who faces charges that he embezzled money from his campaign, lied in financial disclosures submitted to Congress and received unemployment funds when he wasn’t eligible.

 

[TomC]

Hey,
@TSwizzle .
Wanna chuckle at the Republicans who elected a Brazilian drag queen under indictment for multiple frauds to The House of Representatives?
Tom

 

[blastula]

This explains where Santos got all the money that his filings said he gave to his campaign. He never did give that money, he lied.

Congressional Campaign Treasurer Pleads Guilty to Conspiring With a Congressional Candidate to Defraud

CENTRAL ISLIP, NY – Earlier today, at the federal courthouse in Central Islip, Nancy Marks, the former treasurer for a candidate for the United States House of Representatives, pleaded guilty to conspiring with a congressional candidate to: (a) commit wire fraud; (b) make materially false...

www.justice.gov

Specifically, the purpose of the scheme was to ensure that the Candidate and his campaign qualified for a program administered by the national party committee, pursuant to which the national party committee would provide financial and logistical support to the Candidate and his campaign committee. To qualify for the program, the Candidate had to demonstrate, among other things, that his congressional campaign had raised at least $250,000 from third-party contributors in a single quarter.

To meet that financial benchmark and to further demonstrate to the national party committee that the congressional candidate’s campaign was financially viable, Marks and the Candidate agreed to falsely report to the FEC that at least 10 family members of Marks and the Candidate had made contributions to the campaign, when Marks and the Candidate both knew that these individuals had not made the reported contributions. In addition, Marks and the Candidate agreed to falsely report to the FEC that the congressional candidate had loaned the campaign significant sums of money, including in one instance a $500,000 loan, when, in fact, the congressional candidate had not made the reported loans and, at the time the loans were reported, did not have the funds necessary to make such loans.

Through the execution of this scheme, Marks and the Candidate ensured that the Candidate met the necessary financial benchmarks to qualify for the program administered by the national party committee. As a result of qualifying for the program, the congressional campaign received financial support.

 

[TomC]

Specifically, the purpose of the scheme was to ensure that the Candidate and his campaign qualified for a program administered by the national party committee, pursuant to which the national party committee would provide financial and logistical support to the Candidate and his campaign committee

Dang.
If "the national party committee" was the Republican National Committee, grifting them was an amazing piece of work.

You go Ravache! You'll have my vote, should I ever move to New York.
Tom

 

[T.G.G. Moogly]

Another Republican MAGA bag of shit. Why am I not surprised? And this guy is still a sitting congressman giving his party a majority. Pretty sick shit.

 

[Jimmy Higgins]

Another Republican MAGA bag of shit. Why am I not surprised? And this guy is still a sitting congressman giving his party a majority. Pretty sick shit.

I would say Santos isn't MAGA, he is a con-artist who managed to get elected by Republicans. The good news is, he is going to jail soon. He might be the first House Representative to serve from prison. Yes, Rep. William Jefferson and Sen. Menedez have committed crimes, but they weren't hollow con-artists, just elected criminals.

Meanwhile the GOP continues to let this guy serve. Sen. Menedez hasn't resigned, but calls for him to are loud, as are the stories leaking into the press like a sieve.

 

[Jimmy Higgins]

This explains where Santos got all the money that his filings said he gave to his campaign. He never did give that money, he lied.

Congressional Campaign Treasurer Pleads Guilty to Conspiring With a Congressional Candidate to Defraud

CENTRAL ISLIP, NY – Earlier today, at the federal courthouse in Central Islip, Nancy Marks, the former treasurer for a candidate for the United States House of Representatives, pleaded guilty to conspiring with a congressional candidate to: (a) commit wire fraud; (b) make materially false...

www.justice.gov

Specifically, the purpose of the scheme was to ensure that the Candidate and his campaign qualified for a program administered by the national party committee, pursuant to which the national party committee would provide financial and logistical support to the Candidate and his campaign committee. To qualify for the program, the Candidate had to demonstrate, among other things, that his congressional campaign had raised at least $250,000 from third-party contributors in a single quarter.

To meet that financial benchmark and to further demonstrate to the national party committee that the congressional candidate’s campaign was financially viable, Marks and the Candidate agreed to falsely report to the FEC that at least 10 family members of Marks and the Candidate had made contributions to the campaign, when Marks and the Candidate both knew that these individuals had not made the reported contributions. In addition, Marks and the Candidate agreed to falsely report to the FEC that the congressional candidate had loaned the campaign significant sums of money, including in one instance a $500,000 loan, when, in fact, the congressional candidate had not made the reported loans and, at the time the loans were reported, did not have the funds necessary to make such loans.

There was a family member that got taken in by a con-artist. Claims and what not didn't seem right and it all looked shady. I was talking with another the family members that it looked like a house of cards, but it seemed too grandiose an accusation. Turned out to be 100% accurate and there was a ton of fraud involved.

It is incredible that a con-artist was able to get this far with this scheme. It seemed more likely that he was bought and paid for by foreign interests than the idea the local regulators on elections didn't notice he was lying with almost every claim he made with financial statements. It makes one worry that the system only works because people aren't trying as hard to scam it.

 

[blastula]

More charges.

Congressman George Santos Charged With Conspiracy, Wire Fraud, False Statements, Falsification of Records, Aggravated Identity Theft, and Credit Card Fraud

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...

www.justice.gov

Including,

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. “

 

[blastula]

Making Santos quite testy.

 

[Jimmy Higgins]

This guy is beyond guilty. He needs to resign. But he won't.

 

[Elixir]

Why has that fucker not been arrested? Curious minds want to know.

 

[blastula]

He's out on bail. He will be arraigned for the new charges too.