FILE – U.S. Rep. George Santos, R-N.Y., holds a miniature American flag that was presented to him as he departs federal court, June 30, 2023, in Central Islip, N.Y. Prosecutors say the ex-campaign treasurer for Santos is scheduled to enter a guilty plea to an unspecified felony in connection with the federal investigation of financial irregularities surrounding the indicted New York Republican. Nancy Marks is a veteran Long Island political operative. Marks was a campaign treasurer and close aide to Santos during his two congressional bids. (AP Photo/John Minchillo, File)
He’s halfway to Donald Trump.
Queens/Long Island Congress Member and admitted liar George Santos was hit with a second criminal indictment Tuesday, charging him with allegedly committing credit card and campaign finance fraud in the run-up to his election last year.
The freshman Republican lawmaker had been indicted back in May for allegedly committing fraud, money laundering, theft of public funds and lying to the House of Representatives on official paperwork. He was previously exposed last December, just before taking office as the 3rd District’s representative on Capitol Hill, in a damning New York Times story for lying about his background on the campaign trail.
Santos refused to resign the office to which he was elected, and again rebuffed calls to step aside following his May indictment. In true Trumpian fashion, he called his prosecution a “witch hunt.”
The new indictment announced on Oct. 10 — exactly five months after the first indictment was announced — accuses Santos of “stealing people’s identities and making charges on his own donors’ credit cards without their authorization,” according to U.S. Attorney of the Eastern District of New York Breon Peace.
The embattled lawmaker had also allegedly lied to the Federal Election Commission (FEC) and the public his own campaign financing, Peace reported.
“Santos falsely inflated the campaign’s reported…
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