Lying Long Island Republican Rep. George Santos said Wednesday that a superseding federal indictment that slapped him with 10 additional counts on Tuesday was “bulls—t” and insisted he had “no cont…
George Santos charged with stealing donor IDs, racking up charges on their credit cards in new indictmentLong Island Republican Rep. George Santoswas “bulls—t” and insisted he had “no control” over his campaign’s money and would not consider a plea deal.
When pressed about the tens of thousands of dollars the campaign took from donors’ credit cards, Santos deflected responsibility from either himself or Marks, who pleaded guilty last week to a single count of fraud conspiracy. She also admitted to providing the FEC with a list of people who supposedly had given money to the campaign, with her lawyer saying Santos had “mentally seduced” Marks.“I didn’t even know what the hell the FEC was,” Santos went on. “I don’t know what their system was like, other than going on Google and, I think like all of you might know fec.gov and looking and see who’s donating to who and whatnot.
The “burden of proving that I had anything to do with that is on the government,” he added. “I’m not going to try this in the media. I’m not going to try this in public forums. I’m going to try this where it needs to be tried — in a court of law.” Santos further scoffed at other charges from his indictment, saying if prosecutors were thorough, they would have to “indict half the country” for fraudulently obtaining COVID-19 relief funds.
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