Prosecutors mentioned they have got greater than 80,000 pages of proof in opposition to Rep. George Santos (R-N.Y.) in his federal fraud and cash laundering case.
Santos was once slapped with 13 fees by way of the Division of Justice in Would possibly for allegedly accumulating unemployment advantages whilst incomes a $120,000 annual wage. His fees come with twine fraud, robbery of public price range, cash laundering and mendacity to the Space of Representatives. Santos has pleaded no longer responsible.
The freshman congressman is a serial liar who has fabricated tales, together with the false declare that his mother was once killed within the Sep 11, 2001, terrorist assault. His mother wasn’t residing within the nation on the time of the assault.
Questions have additionally risen about the place Santos were given $650,000 to pay for his congressional marketing campaign. The Space Ethics Committee mentioned they’re working a parallel investigation with the DOJ and famous closing month that they have got already issued 40 subpoenas of their probe of Santos’ alleged crimes.
If convicted, Santos faces as much as twenty years in jail.