More Santos: From imaginary donors to a service dog scam

Embattled New York Republican congressman George Santos may have stepped down from his committee assignments, but he hasn’t left office. He may soon get more than just a nudge in that direction, however, courtesy of the Justice Department. The DoJ took over the investigation into Santos’ campaign finance activity recently and now it appears they will have plenty of material to work with. A new report from Mother Jones provides the results of an investigation into many of the campaign contributions that Santos claimed to receive from some of his relatives who live in Queens, totaling more than $45,000. While some of his alleged donors don’t appear to exist, his relatives do, and they seemed to have been quite generous. But one of the relatives who was visited by a reporter claimed to be “dumbfounded” by the idea that they had been a maximum-level donor to George’s campaign. They insisted that they hadn’t given his campaign any money, and that could land the new congressman in very hot water.Read More