 On May 10th, Representative George Santos was arrested and arraigned by the Department of Justice. The DOJ charged Santos with seven counts of wire fraud, three counts of money laundering, one count of theft of public funds, and two counts of making materially false statements to the House of Representatives. John, the DOJ already charged Santos with some of his illegal activity, but we think there’s even more.
The very same day that Santos was arraigned for making false statements, CREW filed a complaint with the Federal Election Commission alleging that four of Santos’s political committees may have made similarly false representations to the FEC by claiming that “Andrew Olson” was their treasurer. Nobody could track down Olson, he’s unknown to experts on campaign finance and New York Republican politics, and he just happened to have Santos’s sister’s former address, all of which raised our suspicion that Olson does not exist. What Santos did after we filed our complaint only raises further questions about whether he was honest with the FEC... Here’s the deal, John: About a week after we filed our complaint, Santos replaced “Andrew Olson” with himself as treasurer. Andrew Olson has yet to present himself. And Santos kept the same email on the FEC forms. If Santos’s committees were operating without a treasurer, that would violate the Federal Election Campaign Act and FEC regulations. It sure looks like Santos is hiding something, and he may have broken the law. That’s exactly why we need an FEC investigation. And that’s why we forwarded our FEC complaint to federal investigators in New York to assist with their investigation and prosecution. Support our legal and investigative work like this with a donation today → Thank you, Team CREW
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