The improbability of George Santos' $199 expenses

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7. $199

I am more interested in where the rest of the money went. A $400.00 discount on a hotel room? A break on a bill at a restaurant? If someone else paid, how much was paid and who paid it? If he was offered a discount, or a freebie, and the charge was setup to make it look _less_ suspicious- which would be stupid, but, well, we're not dealing with a super-genius here- who offered and why?

Look, Congress operates along a very old managerial principle on screw ups and malfeasance: Didn't happen if nobody important noticed. Some insider trading, a little payola, a little quidding pro quo-ing? Eh. Lotsa people do it. Gonna get that nice couple of years on a do nothing corporate board or as a highly paid academic with neither classes or duties when you leave government? Fine. Kinda implies a reward for doing someone's bidding? Think nothing of it.

Santo's running tab of issues and problems and oopsies, however, is getting that important notice. I assume he has been told that his survival in Congress depends on how faithful a puppy he is; how obedient and well behaved. They can deal with his constituents (shaddup, who cares) and the public (look, Hunter Biden!) if he only sits when told to and comes when called.

But here he is, crapping on the rugs, knocking over the objets d' art, and barking like a fool whenever he sees his own shadow.

Unless he has something damned clever to pull or a powerful ally with same? He's done.