Federal prosecutors have unsealed a 13-count indictment against New York Rep. George Santos. The charges include wire fraud, money laundering and making false statements to Congress.
What You Need To Know against him on WednesdayThe embattled congressman's falsehoods and misstatements about his past and on campaign finance filings have brought him under scrutiny by local, state, and federal prosecutors, as well as prominent members of both parties
"As alleged, Santos engaged in criminal conduct intended to deceive and defraud the American public," said Assistant Attorney General Kenneth A. Polite, Jr. of the DOJ's Criminal Division. "As this indictment reflects, the Department of Justice will hold accountable anyone who engages in such criminality."
A local newspaper, the North Shore Leader, had raised issues about Santos’ background before the election but it was not until a few weeks after the election that the depth of his duplicity became public. The nonpartisan Campaign Legal Center lodged a complaint with the Federal Election Commission and urged regulators to investigate Santos. The “mountain of lies” Santos propagated during the campaign about his life story and qualifications, the center said, should prompt the commission to “thoroughly investigate what appear to be equally brazen lies about how his campaign raised and spent money.”
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