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dalton99a

(81,502 posts)
Sat Dec 31, 2022, 03:20 PM Dec 2022

Scrutiny turns to George Santos's campaign funding

https://thehill.com/homenews/house/3792626-scrutiny-turns-to-george-santoss-campaign-funding/

Scrutiny turns to George Santos’s campaign funding
by Julia Shapero - 12/31/22 6:00 AM ET

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One of most noticeable peculiarities in Santos’s finances is his rapid accumulation of wealth before his run for Congress in 2022, said Jordan Libowitz, the communications director for Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington.

Santos provided his own campaign with a loan of $700,000, apparently from the $750,000 salary that he reported earning from his company, the Devolder Organization, in his most recent financial disclosure. Santos also reported more than $1 million in dividends from Devolder.

However, during his unsuccessful campaign for Congress just two years earlier, Santos reported having no assets and a salary of $55,000.

“He went from essentially no money in 2020 to millions in 2022,” Libowitz noted.

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Scrutiny turns to George Santos's campaign funding (Original Post) dalton99a Dec 2022 OP
This is where it's going to get really interesting. crickets Dec 2022 #1
It would be great to see him arrested for Quakerfriend Dec 2022 #2

crickets

(25,980 posts)
1. This is where it's going to get really interesting.
Sat Dec 31, 2022, 03:59 PM
Dec 2022

Also, as someone pointed out in another thread, has anyone checked his citizenship status?

Quakerfriend

(5,450 posts)
2. It would be great to see him arrested for
Sat Dec 31, 2022, 03:59 PM
Dec 2022

wire fraud on 1/2 or 1/3 before he’s seated.
But, we can only dream….

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