From the article:
Of all of the revelations to emerge from the federal prosecution of Representative George Santos’s treasurer, the most outrageous is the existence of a $500,000 loan that did not in fact exist.
The fictional loan goes to the heart of one of the most vexing questions surrounding Mr. Santos since he was elected to Congress last year: How did a man of seemingly modest means suddenly accrue enough money to lend his campaign a half-million dollars?
The answer, it turns out, is simple: He did not. And that fact could have serious ramifications for his case.
In May, Mr. Santos, a New York Republican, was charged with 13 felonies in three unrelated financial schemes, to which he has pleaded not guilty. On Thursday, his campaign treasurer, Nancy Marks, pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy related to her oversight of Mr. Santos’s finances.
It is clear that prosecutors see a link between Ms. Marks’s criminal activity and Mr. Santos. The same team of U.S. attorneys handled their cases; the proceedings share the same court docket number and were overseen by the same judge, Joanna Seybert.
Mr. Santos has not been charged with falsifying the loan or with other campaign finance violations, and Ms. Marks’s lawyer has said that she is not cooperating with prosecutors. But Mr. Santos’s proximity to the criminal activity admitted by Ms. Marks would seem to leave him vulnerable to additional charges.
oh really, real trouble? after he’s still in fucking congress after all this and clarence ‘corrupt’ thomas is still wearing his fucking robe and has the power to ruin our lives??
Seriously, wake me when accountability actually happens.
RIP
They’re Teflon-enhanced banana republicans.
Why is this criminal still in Congress!?
The likely Republican candidate for president is a convicted fraudster and known rapist who tried to install himself as dictator and is currently facing 91 criminal charges - and the GOP is celebrating him as their savior.
That’s the answer.
The entire party is rotten to the core.
He is a Republican and they have no morals, integrity or ethics.
Because our system of government has been broken for some time.
There are some real crazies and failures in office, but more often than not, I tend to see them more as failures of the people(+gerrymandering).
The fact this guy has maintained office in spite of all the BS that came out in the immediate aftermath, and that has continued to come out, is the kind of thing that really makes the system itself feel broken to me.
Poor Guillermo
Who? Gizmo?
Wake me when it actually means trouble. Like, when he is actually experiencing consequences. Until then I have zero faith anything significant will actually come of this. Just like everything else so far.
