Rep. George Santos, Republican of New York, leaves the Home Republican caucus assembly on Capitol Hill in Washington, January 25, 2023.
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Rep. George Santos, Republican of New York, leaves the Home Republican caucus assembly on Capitol Hill in Washington, January 25, 2023.
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The U.S. Lawyer for the Jap District of New York added ten extra counts of conspiracy, wire fraud, false statements, identification theft, and different prices in opposition to Congressman Jorge Santos.
The New York Republican was already going through 13 counts from the Could indictment. in This is the latest court filingFederal prosecutors alleged that Santos made false statements to the Federal Election Fee after which falsified information to impede the Federal Election Fee.
The 23-count indictment additionally accuses the first-term congressman of identification theft, gadget fraud and wire fraud.
Within the scheme, prosecutors accuse Santos of operating a bank card fraud scheme utilizing the bank cards of political donors, whereas additionally allegedly making an attempt to defraud the nationwide Republican Occasion.
“Santos is accused of stealing individuals’s identities and making prices to donors’ bank cards with out their permission,” US Lawyer Breon Tempo mentioned. In the current situation Tuesday.
This expanded indictment comes lower than per week after Santos’ former marketing campaign treasurer, Nancy Marks, pleaded responsible to prison prices associated to her work on his marketing campaign.
Marx faces as much as 5 years in jail. It isn’t but clear whether or not she has agreed to cooperate with prosecutors concentrating on Santos.
Santos, whose district contains a part of Lengthy Island and Queens, was first charged with federal crimes associated to his marketing campaign operations in Could.
He admitted to mendacity to the general public about a lot of his private story, fabricating his training, inventing a narrative about members of the family who escaped the Holocaust and deceiving voters about his profession.
Santos stays a full member of the Republican caucus, regardless of being stripped of his committee assignments.
Santos has denied any prison wrongdoing and pleaded not responsible in Could to the unique prices. He was launched on $500,000 bail. He additionally faces an ethics investigation within the Home of Representatives, however has introduced that he’ll run for re-election subsequent 12 months.
in a permit Santos mentioned this week on social media that he plans to assist Rep. Jim Jordan within the struggle for the Home Speaker’s gavel. Regardless of the scandals and prison prices, he might function a key voice within the deeply divided council.
Santos is scheduled to return to federal courtroom on October 27.