{"id":135824,"date":"2023-01-09T14:42:11","date_gmt":"2023-01-09T19:42:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=135824"},"modified":"2023-01-09T14:42:40","modified_gmt":"2023-01-09T19:42:40","slug":"santos-campaign-scrutiny","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=135824","title":{"rendered":"Santos campaign $$ scrutiny"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Congressman-elect George Santos (R-NY)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Geroge Santos, R-Lon Gisland, is under more scrutiny now over his campaign funds. Accusations range from the speculative to what appear to be substantiated.<\/p>\n

Santos, 34, who admitted last month to lying<\/a> about his education, work history, religion and details of his personal life<\/a>, was already under federal investigation<\/a> for loaning his 2022 campaign more than $700,000, despite declaring a salary of only $55,000 as recently as 2020.<\/p>\n

The complaint by the Campaign Legal Center<\/a> alleged that Santos had hidden the true source of his campaign cash while using the mysterious funding for personal expenses.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Reminds you of the scene in “The Pink Panther” when Inspector Clouseau is asked how his wife can afford thousands monthly on clothes and luxuries when he makes only a chief inspector’s salary, says “well, she is very careful with the household expense money”.\u00a0 Guess Santos saved up 90% of his $55K salary for years so he could run…how touching. But, he was the busiest man on earth – with no customer invoice over $5,000 he reported millions in income in 2020 and 2021.<\/p>\n

Then there are his expenses. Federal campaign laws say you have to document any expense of $200 or more…. Santos shows quite a few at EXACTLY $199.99. Something like 40 of them, I read…including interesting ones like $199.95 for a room in a hotel at which minimum rates are over $700 a night. Must have frequnt flier’s points? Or 8 at one Queens restaurant for between $190 and $199.99 – he must eat the same meal with the same like-minded folks a lot. Or $199.99 for office supplies at NINE separate stores. Funny how that same number keeps showing up.<\/p>\n

The filing also noted that Santos\u2019 $13,500 in rent payments for \u201cApartment Rental for Staff\u201d were actually made to pay for a Huntington abode in which he lived \u201cin blatant violation of the law.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

NY Post<\/a><\/p>\n

It’s nice to live in your district… but not to have campaign funds pay the rent. I know\u00a0 these are just allegations. But in view of the previous “smoke” (he claimed to be Jewish, and isn’t. Claimed to be gay but was married to a woman and has never been seen with his ‘husband’ – no points on that one, but… Bogus educational college claims? Lied about employment history) this fire seems to have ample fuel. He makes Liawatha look like a piker. My gut feeling? Dump this jerk now. The Republicans have shown their collective asses in both the ‘red wave’ failure and the Speaker’s election – this clown is not just an albatross, but a millsone around the party’s neck. He needs to go. JMHO<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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