You won't have indicted fabulist George Santos, expelled Congressman, to kick around anymore.
Santos’ LGBTQ+ activism highlighted his identity as an out gay conservative.
Santos has ended his campaign for New York’s 3rd congressional district after failing to raise any money at all for his bid.
The Republican grifter faces federal charges on 23 counts of conspiracy, wire fraud, false statements, falsification of records, aggravated identity theft, and credit card fraud.
Santos was president of United for Trump, a small New York-based group supporting Donald Trump's 2020 re-election campaign. In July 2019, the group staged a counterprotest to an anti-Trump rally in Buffalo, New York, which led to shouting and a fistfight.
Serial con man Santos’ brazen lies included imaginary stints at New York’s Horace Mann prep school and NYU. His claim to be “Jew-ish” punctuated a business career and political trajectory that relies on epic misrepresentations
Santos alleged misdeeds include dog crime (which may have informed Senator Mitt Romney’s decision to call Santos a “sick puppy”).
Santos endorsed Nick LaLota (R-NY), who represents the Empire State’s first district.
“Chat GPT translation: he’s taking a plea deal,” LaLota said.
Santos has backed Florida's controversial "Parental Rights in Education" law, which prohibits classroom discussion of sexual orientation and gender identity, leading critics to call it the "don't say gay" law.
Political chameleon Santos pleaded not guilty last May to several federal felony charges arising from his picaresque career.
The successful fundraising that financed Santos’ first election relied partly on fradulent credit card charges, according to federal prosecutors.
“As alleged, Santos is charged with stealing people’s identities and making charges on his own donors’ credit cards without their authorization, lying to the FEC and, by extension, the public about the financial state of his campaign. Santos falsely inflated the campaign’s reported receipts with non-existent loans and contributions that were either fabricated or stolen” stated United States Attorney Breon Peace. “This Office will relentlessly pursue criminal charges against anyone who uses the electoral process as an opportunity to defraud the public and our government institutions.”
MAGA-friendly Santos addressed "Stop the Steal" rally the day before the January 6, 2021, attack on the Capitol, claiming that the election he lost by 13 percentage points in 2020 was stolen from him.
Americans gripped their wallets firmly as they await George Santos’ next act.