NY - Congressman George Santos charged with 13 criminal counts, May 2023

[sds71]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1656289281910927366

Here's George Santos' 13-count indictment:

13 count indictment for George Santos: 7 counts of wire fraud, 3 counts of money laundering, 1 count of theft of public funds, and 2 counts of making materially false statements to the House of Representatives -- US Attorney’s Office EDNY

https://www.justice.gov/d9/2023-05/santos.indictment.pdf

 

[azure]

Finally. That's all I have to say.

 

[Hoosgirl]

Press release ... he faces up to 20 years if convicted.

Congressman George Santos Charged with Fraud, Money Laundering, Theft of Public Funds, and False Statements

“This indictment seeks to hold Santos accountable for various alleged fraudulent schemes and brazen misrepresentations,” stated United States Attorney Peace. “Taken together, the allegations in the indictment charge Santos with relying on repeated dishonesty and deception to ascend to the halls...

www.justice.gov

 

[Hoosgirl]

Jamie Dupree (@jamiedupree)

https://twitter.com/x/status/1656300093362823168

I can't make this up.

Rep. George Santos R-NY is charged with unemployment benefits fraud.

The House is slated to vote this week on a bill to help states recover fraudulent COVID unemployment payments.

**Santos is a co-sponsor of that bill.**

 

[Niner]

Wednesday, May 10th:
*Arraignment Hearing (@ pm) - NY - U.S. District Court Eastern District of New York vs. Rep. George Anthony Devolder Santos (34) indicted & charged (5/9/23) with 7 counts of wire fraud, 3 counts of money laundering, 1 count of theft of public funds & 2 counts of making materially false statements to the House of Representatives.
US Attorney's Office EDNY Long Island Office #CR-23-197
U.S. representative for New York's 3rd congressional district, serving since Jan. 7, 2023.
Breon Peace, United States Attorney for the Eastern District of New York, Kenneth A. Polite, Jr., Assistant Attorney General of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division, and Michael J. Driscoll, Assistant Director-in-Charge, Federal Bureau of Investigation, New York Field Office (FBI), and Anne T. Donnelly, District Attorney, Nassau County, announced the charges.
The government’s case is being prosecuted by the Office’s Public Integrity Section, the Long Island Criminal Division & the Criminal Division’s Public Integrity Section. Assistant United States Attorneys Ryan Harris, Anthony Bagnuola, & Laura Zuckerwise, along with Trial Attorneys Jolee Porter & Jacob Steiner, are in charge of the prosecution with assistance from Paralegal Specialist Rachel Friedman. Senior Litigation Counsel Victor R. Salgado of the Criminal Division’s Public Integrity Section provided substantial contributions to the prosecution.
5/9/23 Update: The indictment was returned yesterday under seal by a federal grand jury sitting in Central Islip, New York. Santos was arrested this morning & will be arraigned this afternoon, 5/10/23 before U.S. Magistrate Judge Arlene R. Lindsay at the federal courthouse in Central Islip, New York. The charges in the indictment are merely allegations & the defendant is presumed innocent unless & until proven guilty. If convicted of the charges, Santos faces a maximum penalty of 20 years in prison for the top counts. A federal district court judge will determine any sentence after considering the U.S. Sentencing Guidelines & other statutory factors.

 

[sds71]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1656363489126936600

he’s due back June 30.

@OliviaRubinABC
Santos also surrendered his passport. Also, his travel outside of DC/NYC/LI must be pre approved. Santos’ attorney noted his re-election campaign, saying he wants to have “freedom to engage” in that The judge reiterated that if it’s outside those areas, it needs approval.

 

[ArianeEmory]

**Santos is a co-sponsor of that bill.**

The call is always coming from inside the house with these jokers.

 

[sds71]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1656379311874514945

 

[Elliot_Alderson]

It's a witch hunt yet he has 13 charges. He's already proven to be a serial liar so why would I believe anything he says?

 

[sds71]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1656418859623100416

 

[AzPistonsGirl]

so infuriating, I don't think I can check this thread because my head will explode. There's no words.

 

[TootsieFootsie]

ABC Australia

US Republican George Santos arrested on federal criminal charges

New York republican George Santos, infamous for fabricating key parts of his life story, has been arrested on federal criminal charges.

www.abc.net.au

 

[kaen]

I just can't with this man. These charges don't seem to touch the funds he stole from the fundraiser for the vet whose dog needed surgery to live. The man is pathological and devoid of decency. I hope he goes to prison for a long, long time.

For the record, I don't care what political party a person is, if they commit a crime or are unethical they should be removed from office and the citizens of their district should be able to recall and redo the vote. I have had it with partisanship that would seek to keep him as a warm body for a specific side. This is how we get so messed up in this country. JMHO.

 

[scapa]

It's a witch hunt yet he has 13 charges. He's already proven to be a serial liar so why would I believe anything he says?

Yep.

I mean, sometimes there are witches. Step up, George Santos.

Looks like investigations will continue into at least some of his other purely political and really nasty and unfair witch-hunts -- or, rather, those actual fraudulent, criminal grifts that GS really did in real life, and through which others suffered considerably.

I have abundant faith that the good folks of this district will absolutely tank him should GS manage to stay out of custody to make it into a vote for a 2nd Congressional term.

 

[meanmaryjean]

I almost didn't recognize him getting hounded by the press with that smirk wiped off his lying face!

ALTHOUGH I was sorely disappointed he did not wear that red sequined dress to his arraignment.

 

[sds71]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1658947060953915393

 

[sds71]

• Three anonymous people are sponsoring the $500,000 bond for Rep. George Santos.
• A court filing said a judge held sealed court hearings with them to keep their identities secret.
• The secrecy is highly unusual in any case, much less one against a sitting member of Congress.

A judge reportedly held a secret hearing with the 3 anonymous people sponsoring George Santos's $500,000 bail

The identities of the people sponsoring George Santos's $500,000 bond allowing him to remain out of jail remain secret weeks after his indictment.

www.businessinsider.com

 

[Smelly Squirrel]

Judge grants request for George Santos’s bond sponsors to be unsealed

A federal judge Tuesday granted media organizations’ requests to unseal the names of the people who cosigned Rep. George Santos’s (R-N.Y.) $500,000 bond in his criminal fraud case. The order is a b…

thehill.com

A federal judge Tuesday granted media organizations’ requests to unseal the names of the people who cosigned Rep. George Santos’s (R-N.Y.) $500,000 bond in his criminal fraud case.

The order is a blow to Santos, whose attorney Monday asked a judge to keep the names of the bond cosigners sealed. The congressman’s lawyer, Joseph Murray, expressed concern for the sponsors should their identities be revealed, citing a “media frenzy” around the Santos case.


“If this Court is so inclined to unseal the sureties, we truly fear for their health, safety and well being,” Murray said.

U.S. Magistrate Judge Anne Shields gave Santos until noon Friday to appeal the ruling, ordering the names to remain under seal in the meantime.

Murray previously indicated Santos would rather go to jail ahead of trial rather than allow the suretors to face the public attention.

“My client would rather surrender to pretrial detainment than subject these suretors to what will inevitably come,” Murray said

 

[Hoosgirl]

Judge grants request for George Santos’s bond sponsors to be unsealed

A federal judge Tuesday granted media organizations’ requests to unseal the names of the people who cosigned Rep. George Santos’s (R-N.Y.) $500,000 bond in his criminal fraud case. The order is a b…

thehill.com

A federal judge Tuesday granted media organizations’ requests to unseal the names of the people who cosigned Rep. George Santos’s (R-N.Y.) $500,000 bond in his criminal fraud case.

The order is a blow to Santos, whose attorney Monday asked a judge to keep the names of the bond cosigners sealed. The congressman’s lawyer, Joseph Murray, expressed concern for the sponsors should their identities be revealed, citing a “media frenzy” around the Santos case.


“If this Court is so inclined to unseal the sureties, we truly fear for their health, safety and well being,” Murray said.

U.S. Magistrate Judge Anne Shields gave Santos until noon Friday to appeal the ruling, ordering the names to remain under seal in the meantime.

Murray previously indicated Santos would rather go to jail ahead of trial rather than allow the suretors to face the public attention.

“My client would rather surrender to pretrial detainment than subject these suretors to what will inevitably come,” Murray said

Haha, let's see if he really follows through on his big words that he'd rather be detained than reveal his suretors. Somehow I doubt it.

 

[meanmaryjean]

I have the same message for George that I did for Elizabeth Holmes- tick tock baby. Tick. Tock.