Big news John: George Santos has been charged with, well, a whole bunch more crimes.

Rep. George Santos is facing 23 counts – including conspiracy, wire fraud, aggravated identity theft and credit card fraud – as prosecutors allege he submitted false financial reports to the Federal Election Commission to boost his campaign's fundraising numbers so that he could qualify for benefits from the National Republican Congressional Committee.

John, this news comes just days after a former George Santos aide pleaded guilty to federal charges related to a $500,000 campaign loan that Santos had entirely fabricated (but although that loan was fake, the money actually became real… but more on that later).
 

Just days ago, news broke that Santos faked a $500,000 loan to his campaign so that his campaign could qualify for a special National Republican Congressional Committee partnership program that helps promote promising congressional candidates.

But after Santos came under law enforcement scrutiny, the loan mysteriously stopped appearing in new reports. But the campaign *did* begin listing a series of new six-figure loans months later — real money, $615,000, that Santos loaned himself.

This part boils down to one simple question: did Santos lie about any of this money to donors and the government? These new charges certainly make it sound like he did.

This week’s indictment charges Santos with stealing the identities of family members and using donors’ credit cards to spend thousands of dollars.

In one instance, the court documents revealed Santos allegedly charged $15,800 on a contributor's credit card, a sum far higher than federal campaign laws permit!!

It’s far past time for Santos to be removed from Congress and to be held accountable for his crimes.

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