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Harry Litman
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Wasn’t clear that you couldn’t get unemployment benefits if you were working and lied saying you weren’t?? He’s now stuck with this nonsense explanation. He needs to shut up completely. Look for him to retreat soon to the “can’t talk about pending charges” line.

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@rachelvscott: Why would you apply for unemployment benefits when you were making $120,000 a year?

Rep. Santos: "This is part of my defense...during the pandemic, it wasn't really clear."

If you ain’t fundraising off an indictment, you ain’t MAGA.

Dr. Ken wrote: ↑Wed May 10, 2023 5:19 pm Is the indictment officially public yet? Did they list all of George's aliases on it?

neonzx wrote: ↑Wed May 10, 2023 4:16 pm Wait, hold up. Did Kitara make the $500k bond/bail? Is she back on the loose? Passport(s) confiscated?

With lips pursed and a scowl, George Santos entered a packed Long Island courtroom at close to 2 p.m. Wednesday. Eight full rows of chattering reporters fell silent when Santos appeared through a side door. He wore a dark olive sweater, a white-collared undershirt, dark pants, a navy blazer and thick-rimmed glasses.

Santos sat at a table on the right side of the wood-paneled courtroom beside his lawyer, Joseph Murray. Murray handed papers to Santos, which he leafed through and stacked. Murray gesticulated with his left hand at the papers. Santos nodded with his head down and occasionally threw quick glances over his shoulder

Throughout the proceedings, Santos’s position as a sitting congressman was never far from the surface. His lawyer discussed his intent to seek re-election as part of the bail setting and said that he would need the ability to leave the state “to engage in that election activity.”

The judge permitted additional travel, so long as Santos received prior authorization from court officials. Santos was released on $500,000 bond secured by three individuals, whose identities are not public. He will be confined to New York, Washington, D.C., and places in between .

Kendra wrote: ↑Wed May 10, 2023 3:04 pm CNN has camera shot of huge crowd of reporters with cameras. So. Much. Attention.

They think there's a podium there and he might speak shortly.

There is reason to believe that Rep. George Santos’s treasurer does not exist and that Santos’s committees are violating the law by raising and spending money without a treasurer, according to a complaint filed today by Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington with the FEC.

Andrew Olson, Santos’s listed treasurer, is not and has not been identified as a treasurer to any political committee outside of those connected to Santos. No one asked about it appears to know Olson, including those knowledgeable of political committee treasurers and New York Republican politics. His listed address on the FEC forms is the former address of Santos’s sister. He has not responded to any attempts to contact him through the means provided in the FEC filings.

“Given his struggles with the truth, much about Rep. Santos remains a mystery, but there’s no bigger mystery than his treasurer,” CREW President Noah Bookbinder said. “No one can seem to find Andrew Olson. If he does not exist, it would be an extreme abuse of our campaign finance system–one the FEC should not permit.”

After Santos’s original treasurer Nancy Marks quit, his political operation listed Thomas Datwyler as her replacement. Datwyler, however, said he was not the treasurer and that the signatures attributed to him were not authentic, and was replaced on filings by Olson. Without a treasurer, Santos is legally prohibited from raising and spending money.

“As we’ve seen, there are significant issues with Rep. Santos’s filings,” Bookbinder said. “His treasurer could be held liable for their accuracy. If there is not a treasurer to take responsibility, that undercuts our whole system of accountability. This must be immediately investigated.” :snippity

Chilidog wrote: ↑Wed May 10, 2023 5:49 pm

Kendra wrote: ↑Wed May 10, 2023 3:04 pm CNN has camera shot of huge crowd of reporters with cameras. So. Much. Attention.

They think there's a podium there and he might speak shortly.

A what?

Lectern?

Nope. It's a real podium.

Kendra wrote: ↑Wed May 10, 2023 7:01 pmI wouldn't have known the difference

Kendra wrote: ↑Wed May 10, 2023 7:08 pm Thanks Bob. Fountain of knowledge as always.

bob wrote: ↑Wed May 10, 2023 7:06 pm

Kendra wrote: ↑Wed May 10, 2023 7:01 pmI wouldn't have known the difference

STERN WOULD!

(If you stand on it, it is a podium; if you lecture behind it, it is a lectern.)

Gupwalla wrote: ↑Wed May 10, 2023 5:13 pm The thing about the Fifth Amendment is - it’s your right, not your obligation! If you want to voluntarily waive it in a public forum, that’s entirely your choice.

Rep. Jim McGovern @RepMcGovern wrote: I gave Republicans a suggestion for their unemployment insurance fraud bill: name it the George Anthony Devolder Santos Fraudster Protection Act.

The GOP wants to dole out lectures about fiscal responsibility, but the call is coming from inside the house. Deal with that first.