Feds Say They Have 80,000 Pages of Evidence Against George Santos
The truth-averse freshman representative received the grim news in a court appearance on Friday.
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The feds have amassed more than 80,000 pages of evidence in their fraud and money laundering case against truth-averse freshman Rep. George Santos (R-NY), prosecutors said in court on Friday. Santos is accused of a laundry list of misdeeds, from misusing campaign funds for personal expenses to lying on official financial disclosures to fraudulently collecting COVID unemployment benefits while pulling down a $120,000 salary at an investment firm that was later shut down by the Securities and Exchange Commission for running what regulators called a “classic Ponzi scheme.” Santos, who has said the probe into his alleged crimes is a “witch hunt,” is due back in court on Sept. 7. If convicted, he faces up to 20 years in prison.
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