I confess to being somewhat fascinated by the saga of George Santos. If we discover much more, we have to confess that he makes Trump look like a truth teller.
If you’ve been following the story you already know that one of the lies drawing the attention of prosecutors is his claim on financial disclosure documents that he “loaned” his campaign $700,000.00, despite the fact that there is ample evidence that he does not have access to anywhere near that amount of money.
This article is somewhat speculative to be perfectly honest, but it is more probable than not that it will turn out to be true. Santos, who has spoken out against aid to Ukraine, has in the past benefitted from Putin connected money:
And it emerged this week that Santos was the recipient of some $56,100 in various campaign contributions from Andrew Intrater and his wife. Intrater is or has been an investment adviser to his cousin, Russian oligarch Viktor Vekselberg, who is close to Russian President Vladimir Putin. Vekselberg was sanctioned by the U.S. government in 2018 for his ties to Putin and the Russian computer hacking group indicted by Special Counsel Robert Mueller for interfering in the 2016 election. Vekselberg was stopped by FBI agents at Teterboro Airport in 2018 and questioned about his ties to the Russian government. His cell phone was also seized.
The article goes on to make the case that the source of that loan may very well have been that Russian connection. Bear in mind that if the Santos campaign repays the “loan” to Santos, it becomes, in effect, a $700,000.00 bribe.
Also, why am I not surprised that he lied about the one thing some people have figured was the only thing he hadn’t lied about: his name.
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