Disgraced former Republican Congressman George Santos is likely to enter a plea deal in charges relating to 2022 campaign funds frauds.
In his previous court hearings, Santos failed to plead guilty to 23 charges against him, including those related to the coronavirus unemployment benefit, hiding his personal finances, and fraudulent practices in handling the campaign funds.
Previously, Santos’s former campaign fundraiser, Sam Miele, pleaded guilty to a federal wire fraud charge, where he was accused of impersonating the aide of former House Speaker Kevin McCarthy for soliciting campaign donations. Similarly, Santos’s ex-campaign treasurer, Nancy Marks, also pleaded guilty to staging a conspiracy to defraud the US.
In November 2023, Santos became the sixth House member to be expelled from the lower chamber of Congress as an ethics report accused him of violating several federal laws.
According to the report by the House Ethics Committee, Soros used donors’ money to live a luxurious life, including but not limited to paying for his OnlyFans subscriptions, shopping at high-end markets, visiting casinos, and treating Botox. Soros has long decried foul play as he claimed that the ethics report against him was “a disgusting politicized smear” and that he was not involved in any wrongdoing.
The damning report that urged 105 Republicans to join hands with 206 Democrats to kick the lawmaker out of Congress concluded that Santos manipulated his House run for personal monetary gains.
Santos started making headlines right after winning the 2022 midterm elections after the New York Times reported that he lied about his professional accomplishments and educational career. His troubles only increased in the upcoming months as more reports surfaced and blamed him for monetary scamming and lying that his mom was the survivor of the 9/11 attacks on the Twin Towers when his mother was actually present in Brazil at the time of the tragedy.
The expulsion from Congress led Santos to explore private endeavors as he became a Cameo performer and started making more money than what he was making as a lawmaker. Cameo’s CEO revealed that Santos joining the platform was one of the biggest successes of the app in recent times.
In April this year, Santos also announced that he would run for the House as an independent candidate but later dropped his bid, claiming that he did not want to create divisions within the Republican party and pave the way for Democrats toward a House majority.
