It’s been a comparatively peaceful couple of weeks since we were peppered with headlines about the trail of mendacity that New York Republican George Santos leaves in his wake, but clearly good things don’t last forever. Further investigations into both of Santos’ congressional campaigns have turned up yet more evidence of apparent fabrications found in his campaign finance reports. In both the 2020 and 2022 elections, Santos claimed to have made generous contributions to other GOP campaigns and conservative groups. There’s nothing wrong with that, of course, and many candidates do so if they have the money to spare. But the problem with some of the claimed donations from Santos is that the money didn’t show up in the accounts of the supposed recipients. Did this guy even have an accountant working for him? (Politico)Read More
George Santos’ imaginary campaign donations
