US Republican congressman George Santos arrested
Republican congressman Santos, who was charged with “wire fraud,” “money laundering,” “theft of public funds,” and “forgery,” was arrested in federal court on Long Island, New York, the District Attorney’s Office reported. Federal for the Receipt of the Eastern District of New York.
Santos is expected to appear in court today, facing a 13-point indictment on charges including “money laundering,” “theft of public funds” and “significant forgery to the House of Representatives.”
Even if Santos is found guilty of the charges against him, a two-thirds vote of the House of Representatives is required to be removed from office as a member of parliament.
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Republican Santos, who was elected as a New York congressman in the November 8, 2022 midterm elections, claimed that he graduated from Baruch College and New York University (NYU) during the election campaign.
According to the New York Times story, NYU officials announced that there was no record of Santos in the university’s archives.
Also denied were allegations that Santos had worked for Goldman Sachs and Citigroup inside Wall Street, which he voiced on his election campaign.
Santos, who claimed to be an “honorable Jew” during the election period but turned out to be a Catholic, said: “I am a Catholic. I said: ‘I am considered a Jew,’ because I learned that my maternal side is of Jewish origin.” he had used the phrase.
In addition, the fact that a group raised money for the electoral campaign without being registered with the Federal Election Commission (FEC) and the appearance of information about the sudden increase in his personal wealth in the period 2020-2022 brought up the accusations of that Santos may have neglected financing laws.
Santos, whose resignation requests were made by Democrats and party members in the constituency, said he would not resign and would continue his duty unaffected by the allegations.
Santos announced on January 31 that he would be leaving his newly appointed Small Business Committee and the House Committee on Space and Technology “temporarily until things work out.”
Finally, Derek Myers, who said that Santos worked for a short time in his office, claimed that the deputy sexually harassed him.
Santos has been under investigation by the House Ethics Committee for some time. (AA)