United States Congress
The elected official known for his lies was arrested and charged with thirteen frauds
George Santos, charged with money laundering, is also said to have defrauded donors for his election campaign and received unemployment benefits to which he was not entitled.
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George Santos is also accused of having lied or having exaggerated reality by presenting himself as “an American proud to be Jewish”, or even as the grandson of Holocaust survivors who fled Nazi barbarism.
AFP
The Republican elected to the US House of Representatives George Santos, whose lies have made the headlines of the political and media world since his election in 2022, was arrested on Wednesday morning and charged with thirteen financial frauds, announced US justice. .
The 34-year-old New York state official, indicted by a grand jury, “is in custody” in federal court, pending his appearance on Wednesday afternoon, a spokesperson for the prosecution said. Federal District of New York. He was charged with wire fraud, money laundering, embezzlement of public funds and making false statements to the House of Representatives, the prosecution said.
The indictment accuses George Santos of defrauding campaign donors by transferring the money to his personal bank account. He is also accused of making financial misrepresentations to the House of Representatives, about his assets and income, and of receiving unemployment benefits to which he was not entitled before his election to Congress.
He does not want to resign, will he be expelled?
After his victory in November, and following revelations from the “New York Times”, George Santos admitted to having grossly lied about whole parts of his life to embellish his CV, but he has since remained deaf to calls for resignation .
Born to parents from Brazil, the one who presented himself as a symbol of the “American dream” was accused of having lied or of having exaggerated reality by presenting himself as “an American proud to be Jewish”, or even as the grandson of Holocaust survivors who fled Nazi barbarism. It is the subject of multiple investigations, from Congress to Brazil.
Asked about the possible indictment of George Santos, the Republican leader of the House of Representatives, Kevin McCarthy, said on Tuesday that he would look at “the charges” before considering any expulsion from Congress.
(AFP)
2023-05-10 15:00:04
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