George Santos is suspected of violating financing of election campaign in U. S.
2023.01.10 07:50
George Santos is suspected of violating financing of election campaign in U. S.
By Ray Johnson
Budrigannews.com – Monday, a federal watchdog said that newly elected Republican U.S. Representative George Santos had broken campaign finance laws by using donor money to pay the rent on his personal residence and hiding his sources of funding.
After Santos acknowledged in an interview with the New York Post that he fabricated a significant portion of his resume, the non-partisan government watchdog known as the Campaign Legal Center filed the complaint with the Federal Election Commission (FEC).
According to the complaint, “the commission should thoroughly investigate what appear to be equally brazen lies about how his campaign raised and spent money.”
The lawmaker’s election campaign was contacted by Santos’s congressional office, which did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
According to the Nassau County district attorney, Santos, who was elected in November to represent a district in New York City’s Queens borough and portions of its wealthy Long Island suburbs, is already the subject of an investigation by a New York prosecutor’s office. That inquiry’s nature is still a mystery.
The complaint that Santos filed with the FEC on Monday asserts that he “appears to have spent $13,500 on rent payments for Santos’s personal residence in blatant violation of the law,” citing federal disclosures.
According to the Campaign Legal Center, Santos’ disclosures regarding his campaign finance are also inconsistent with other disclosures regarding his assets and income.
According to the complaint, “the overall circumstances rather indicate that unknown individuals or corporations may have illegally funneled money to Santos’s campaign.”
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A spokesperson for the FEC stated that the agency does not comment on pending enforcement matters.
Santos apologized last month for “embellishing” his resume while defending aspects of the way he had represented himself in the wake of news reports revealing false statements about his education, work, and family history.
