A new indictment filed Tuesday charged U.S. Rep. George Santos with stealing the identities of donors to his campaign and then using their credit cards to ring up tens of thousands of dollars in unauthorized charges.

Prosecutors said some of that stolen money ended up in his own bank account.

The 23-count indictment replaces one filed earlier against the New York Republican charging him with embezzling money from his campaign and lying to Congress about his wealth, among other offenses.

  • @Veedem@lemmy.world
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    541 year ago

    It’s incredible that guys like him and Menendez don’t immediately step down. People are so wrapped up in party politics, they don’t even care about ethical standards.

    • TigrisMorte
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      201 year ago

      It was just gold bullion from his savings account withdrawn over the Years in case of emergency. You know, like we all do.

        • TigrisMorte
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          31 year ago

          Gold is a hedge against inflation. It is only a good idea to buy if the Economy is going to hell. Also, if you are buying gold for anything but ornamentation, do so through better sources as the retail big boxes have too high a mark up and you pay far more than you must and should. In reality, if you have enough money to care about buying gold for “investment”, you should let those decisions be made by a qualified advisor.

  • @some_guy@lemmy.sdf.org
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    431 year ago

    Dumbass saw Trump getting away with shit and thought, “Me too!” Only he’s not Trump and even Trump might finally see some consequences.

    • @Son_of_dad@lemmy.world
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      231 year ago

      There’s gotta be a few like MTG who are sweating a little bit right now, knowing that the authorities are actually going after their illegal activities

      • TigrisMorte
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        1 year ago

        Her name is Empty G.
        MTG is already taken and we are not sharing it with that moron.

        • @Zitronensaft@feddit.de
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          21 year ago

          MTG is more clear than Empty G. There isn’t a lot of overlap between politics and ridiculously expensive card games, use context clues to figure out which one people are discussing.

          • TigrisMorte
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            11 year ago

            I stand by my position and comment.
            PS try https://cockatrice.github.io/ to solve the cost issue with context clues about the overlap between politics and ridiculously expensive card games if you are having issues.

  • mo_ztt ✅
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    351 year ago

    If only the left had a propaganda machine equal to one-tenth of Fox News, we could make this a punchline for the next five years at least. Sadly its comedic value will be squandered.

    • @arensb@lemmy.world
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      161 year ago

      We’re not the kind of authoritarian follower that propaganda machines like Fox work best with. We have our flaws; just not that particular one.

      • TigrisMorte
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        111 year ago

        Which is why the ones directed at the left all failed and they focused solely on the right. Some outrage farm misinfo site owners flat out admitted that the left would more often than not validate before sharing.

  • @Infinity187@lemm.ee
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    121 year ago

    This guy just can’t catch a break cause he never gave himself one. What a fucking asshat.

    All he had to do was be a normal human being.