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Rest In Power Kobe
he's not resigning.
I think it would have happened if the GOP had a larger advantage in the House.
Who is George Santos? He claims to have degrees from Baruch & NYU but nobody knows him. Update: He’s officially been ousted from congress
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I think it would have happened if the GOP had a larger advantage in the House.
The pressure is building
It starts out with the I'm not resigning then it turns into a Tidal Wave and it becomes too much
mastermind
Rest In Power Kobe
Pressure from who? McCarthy said he doesn't want Santos to resign. Santos doesn't care about his district. Unless he faces prison time, and remember this is the US and he is in congress, he has no pressure to resign.
House Speaker Kevin McCarthy won't push Rep. George Santos to resign, says NY voters should decide
Santos, who admitted fabricating swaths of his resume in his run for office and is now facing multiple investigations, has declared he "will not" resign.
www.cnbc.com
Also the GOP want to gut the House ethics committee. There is a good chance he won't be punished until primary election day in 2024.
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I just don't see how this guy can do anything he's a laughing stock
This shyt is a joke the jig is up the media will never leave him alone ever
This shyt is a joke the jig is up the media will never leave him alone ever
Yes he’s a joke but his district makes it difficult for republicans to ask him to leave. The NY3 district is way more conservative than the rest of NYC and has been trending Republican due to the B.S about crime, etc, etc but it’s not republican enough where the Nassau GOP feels comfortable putting anybody there.
If Santos were to resign I believe Kathy as governor assigns somebody to that seat like Cuomo did Gillabrand. With that NY3 district you could get away with a wealthy middle of the pack democrat (think Bloomberg before he switched for his third term). Kathy probably knows this but so does the GOP
mastermind
Rest In Power Kobe
I think there would be a special election iirc.
88m3
Fast Money & Foreign Objects
I think he gets forced out or indicted
there's going to be tons of federal and state scrutiny and not just on him
guys in here acting like they didn't indict and jail Republican congressman during Trumps term lol
there's going to be tons of federal and state scrutiny and not just on him
guys in here acting like they didn't indict and jail Republican congressman during Trumps term lol
The_Unchosen_One
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George Santos Accepted Contributions From Human Trafficker: Report
Christopher Wiggins
Wed, January 11, 2023 at 9:18 AM CST
George Santos
Gay Republican Rep. George Santos of New York, who faces mounting legal problems over his past lies, accepted a campaign donation from a foreign national who is a confessed human trafficker, according to a new investigation by The Daily Beast.
Rocco Oppedisano, an Italian national, was expelled from the United States in January 2019. He was later found to be smuggling undocumented Chinese and Bahamian migrants as well as $200,000 in cash toward Florida. Oppedisano's family owns a popular restaurant in Queens. His brother, Joseph, and niece, Tina, are the principal owners and friends of Santos, the outlet reports.
Authorities charged Oppedisano not only with smuggling the immigrants but also with trying to re-enter the U.S. illegally. As part of a plea agreement, he only pleaded guilty to the smuggling.
Tina, Joseph, and Tina’s fiancé were appointed to the Small Businesses for Santos Coalition. Oppedisano's niece Tina served as chairwoman.
Oppedisano gave $500 to the Santos campaign on September 22, 2022, despite the U.S. rejecting his permanent residency due to a 2009 criminal complaint involving firearms and drugs at his brother’s homes.
It's illegal for politicians to accept campaign contributions from foreign nationals.
Joseph Oppedisano and his brother Robert donated the same amount shortly after Santos founded his small business coalition, the Beast reports.
The Santos campaign’s expenditures at Oppedisano’s restaurant also raise concerns about impropriety. Santos's campaign owes Il Bacco $18,773.54 for its election night victory party in November. According to records reviewed by the Beast, the GOP lawmaker spent $25,443.64 at Il Bacco during his first run for office in 2020.
The latest development follows revelations that Santos made questionable accounting entries in the campaign’s financial disclosures.
More than half a dozen expenses listed as “Food and Beverage” in the report came to exactly $199.99, just short of the $200 limit, which would have triggered the requirement to retain receipts.
Local, state, and federal authorities are investigating Santos in New York. A government watchdog also asked the FEC to look into his campaign finances earlier this week.
Reps. Daniel Goldman and Ritchie Torres of New York complained to the House Ethics Committee on Tuesday.
Goldman is a former federal prosecutor in the southern district of New York and served as counsel for the Democrats during the first impeachment of former President Donald Trump.
According to Goldman and Torres, Santos failed to file the required financial disclosure reports in a timely, accurate, and complete manner in violation of the Ethics in Government Act.
Santos has mostly avoided speaking with reporters and declined to comment on the latest allegations.
George Santos Accepted Contributions From Human Trafficker: Report
Christopher Wiggins
Wed, January 11, 2023 at 9:18 AM CST
George Santos
Gay Republican Rep. George Santos of New York, who faces mounting legal problems over his past lies, accepted a campaign donation from a foreign national who is a confessed human trafficker, according to a new investigation by The Daily Beast.
Rocco Oppedisano, an Italian national, was expelled from the United States in January 2019. He was later found to be smuggling undocumented Chinese and Bahamian migrants as well as $200,000 in cash toward Florida. Oppedisano's family owns a popular restaurant in Queens. His brother, Joseph, and niece, Tina, are the principal owners and friends of Santos, the outlet reports.
Authorities charged Oppedisano not only with smuggling the immigrants but also with trying to re-enter the U.S. illegally. As part of a plea agreement, he only pleaded guilty to the smuggling.
Tina, Joseph, and Tina’s fiancé were appointed to the Small Businesses for Santos Coalition. Oppedisano's niece Tina served as chairwoman.
Oppedisano gave $500 to the Santos campaign on September 22, 2022, despite the U.S. rejecting his permanent residency due to a 2009 criminal complaint involving firearms and drugs at his brother’s homes.
It's illegal for politicians to accept campaign contributions from foreign nationals.
Joseph Oppedisano and his brother Robert donated the same amount shortly after Santos founded his small business coalition, the Beast reports.
The Santos campaign’s expenditures at Oppedisano’s restaurant also raise concerns about impropriety. Santos's campaign owes Il Bacco $18,773.54 for its election night victory party in November. According to records reviewed by the Beast, the GOP lawmaker spent $25,443.64 at Il Bacco during his first run for office in 2020.
The latest development follows revelations that Santos made questionable accounting entries in the campaign’s financial disclosures.
More than half a dozen expenses listed as “Food and Beverage” in the report came to exactly $199.99, just short of the $200 limit, which would have triggered the requirement to retain receipts.
Local, state, and federal authorities are investigating Santos in New York. A government watchdog also asked the FEC to look into his campaign finances earlier this week.
Reps. Daniel Goldman and Ritchie Torres of New York complained to the House Ethics Committee on Tuesday.
Goldman is a former federal prosecutor in the southern district of New York and served as counsel for the Democrats during the first impeachment of former President Donald Trump.
According to Goldman and Torres, Santos failed to file the required financial disclosure reports in a timely, accurate, and complete manner in violation of the Ethics in Government Act.
Santos has mostly avoided speaking with reporters and declined to comment on the latest allegations.
It's going to be an Avalanche 
It will not stop
It will not stop
The_Unchosen_One
Superstar
Mans really don’t see the writing on wall
The_Unchosen_One
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George Santos repeatedly ducks Matt Gaetz's questions about the $700,000 he lent his campaign
Madison HallThu, January 12, 2023 at 1:16 PM CST
- Santos dodged questions from GOP Rep. Matt Gaetz about the origin of a $705,000 loan to his campaign.
- After being asked, Santos repeatedly brought up a slew of conspiracy theories.
- "I'll tell you where it didn't come from. It didn't come from China, Ukraine, or Burisma," Santos said.
On Thursday, Santos appeared on Steve Bannon's "War Room" podcast, where Gaetz acted as a stand-in host for Bannon. While guest hosting, Gaetz brought on Santos and let the freshman congressman respond to the series of criticism he's received in the short time he's been in Congress for repeatedly lying about much of his background.
Recent reporting has also raised serious questions about Santos' campaign finances and spending. He loaned $705,000 of his own money to his 2022 campaign, a markedly higher figure than the $55,000 salary he reported earning when he ran for Congress in 2020.
A complaint filed to the Federal Election Commission by left-leaning advocacy group End Citizens United accused Santos of obtaining the money he lent his campaign through a "shell" company or from a prohibited corporate contribution.
During the podcast interview, Gaetz asked Santos asked about the origin of the $705,000 he donated to his campaign, but Santos twice dodged the question.
"I'll tell you where it didn't come from. It didn't come from China, Ukraine, or Burisma," Santos said.
"That is an answer," Gaetz responded before trying once again to get details from Santos. "When you donated that money to your campaign is there anything else you can say about the work you did that was the origin of those resources?"
Santos again demurred and instead responded by saying he's "lived an honest life."
"I've never been accused of any bad doings. It's the equity of my hardworking self," Santos said before repeating the same answer as before. "It didn't come from Burisma, it didn't come from Ukraine, Russia, China, unlike some folks that we all know get money from those sources."
On Wednesday, a slew of New York Republican groups denounced Santos and called for him to resign. When asked by Gaetz about the calls, Santos slammed the local GOP groups and insisted he wouldn't resign.
"I came here to serve the people. Not politicians and party leaders," Santos said. I was elected by 142,000 people. Until those same 142,000 people tell me they don't want me, we'll find out in two years."
And as for the lies about his background — including about his religion, work experience, and education — which Santos called "embellishments," Gaetz joked that a bevy of members of Congress exaggerated their resumes on the campaign trail.
"I would offer that if we didn't seat people on committees who embellished their resume running for Congress, we probably wouldn't be able to make quorum on any of those committees," Gaetz said.
House Speaker Kevin McCarthy said on Thursday he'd seat Santos on at least one committee, though not any of the top ones. Santos told Gaetz he didn't care which committee he was placed on.
"Whatever committee is thrown my way, I will deliver 110 percent because that's what I know how to do," Santos said. "I'm going to outwork any of the pundits and talking heads that are saying I should resign or am unfit for office."
