George Santos, the embattled Republican Congressman in fraud case.

By, Harshadkr. Arun Salve
George Santos, member of the Republican Party and currently serving as the U.S. representative for New York's 3rd congressional district since 2023 was elected to Congress in 2022 after running unsuccessfully in 2020 against incumbent Thomas Suozzi. Santos is the first Republican elected to federal office as an openly LGBT non-incumbent is charged with fraud will spend his summer vacation reviewing thousands of pages of evidence against him, according to his lawyer.

George Santos, the Republican congressman who is facing 13 felonies, appeared on Friday for the first time before U.S. District Judge Joanna Seybert in Central Islip, New York. He has pleaded not guilty to a 13-count indictment alleging he engaged in a scheme to tap campaign contributions for his personal expenses, among other crimes. Prosecutor Ryan Harris told the judge the government had turned over more than 80,000 pages of evidence this week. Santos’s lawyer, Joseph Murray, said he and his client would probably use the lawmaker’s congressional recess to review the documents.

Santos was dressed for his appearance, which lasted about five minutes, in a gray jacket, white dress shirt and coral tie. He is free on a $500,000 bond. Seybert, a Bill Clinton appointee, set the next hearing for Sept. 7.

If convicted of the most serious charges of wire fraud and money laundering, the government says he faces as many as 20 years in prison although under federal sentencing guidelines his term would probably be shorter.



Location: New York, NY, USA

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