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Of all of the revelations to emerge from the federal prosecution of Representative George Santos’s treasurer, the most outrageous is the existence of a $500,000 loan that did not in fact exist.

The fictional loan goes to the heart of one of the most vexing questions surrounding Mr. Santos since he was elected to Congress last year: How did a man of seemingly modest means suddenly accrue enough money to lend his campaign a half-million dollars?

The answer, it turns out, is simple: He did not. And that fact could have serious ramifications for his case.

In May, Mr. Santos, a New York Republican, was charged with 13 felonies in three unrelated financial schemes, to which he has pleaded not guilty. On Thursday, his campaign treasurer, Nancy Marks, pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy related to her oversight of Mr. Santos’s finances.

It is clear that prosecutors see a link between Ms. Marks’s criminal activity and Mr. Santos. The same team of U.S. attorneys handled their cases; the proceedings share the same court docket number and were overseen by the same judge, Joanna Seybert.

Mr. Santos has not been charged with falsifying the loan or with other campaign finance violations, and Ms. Marks’s lawyer has said that she is not cooperating with prosecutors. But Mr. Santos’s proximity to the criminal activity admitted by Ms. Marks would seem to leave him vulnerable to additional charges.

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[–] [email protected] 75 points 1 year ago (2 children)

oh really, real trouble? after he's still in fucking congress after all this and clarence 'corrupt' thomas is still wearing his fucking robe and has the power to ruin our lives??

[–] [email protected] 31 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Seriously, wake me when accountability actually happens.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

They're Teflon-enhanced banana republicans.

[–] [email protected] 36 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Why is this fuckstick still in office?

[–] [email protected] 32 points 1 year ago

Because the #GOP needs his vote right up to the day he is incarcerated.

(He's been indicted for wire fraud, there is a 95% chance he's going to prison)

[–] [email protected] 15 points 1 year ago

Why not? It's not like he performed an abortion or taught kids about white privilege.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Fuckstick is to generous, he’s more of a fuck-ball.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Are we still doing fuckwad or nah?

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

We can make an exception

[–] [email protected] 20 points 1 year ago

There are some real crazies and failures in office, but more often than not, I tend to see them more as failures of the people(+gerrymandering).

The fact this guy has maintained office in spite of all the BS that came out in the immediate aftermath, and that has continued to come out, is the kind of thing that really makes the system itself feel broken to me.

[–] [email protected] 20 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Why is this criminal still in Congress!?

[–] [email protected] 47 points 1 year ago

The likely Republican candidate for president is a convicted fraudster and known rapist who tried to install himself as dictator and is currently facing 91 criminal charges - and the GOP is celebrating him as their savior.

That's the answer.

The entire party is rotten to the core.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 year ago

He is a Republican and they have no morals, integrity or ethics.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

Because our system of government has been broken for some time.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 year ago (2 children)
[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

Who? Gizmo?

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 year ago

Marks is not cooperating, but having pleaded guilty, she can’t use the 5th Amendment to keep from testifying

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago

Wake me when it actually means trouble. Like, when he is actually experiencing consequences. Until then I have zero faith anything significant will actually come of this. Just like everything else so far.