A new indictment filed Tuesday charged U.S. Rep. George Santos with stealing the identities of donors to his campaign and then using their credit cards to ring up tens of thousands of dollars in unauthorized charges.

Prosecutors said some of that stolen money ended up in his own bank account.

The 23-count indictment replaces one filed earlier against the New York Republican charging him with embezzling money from his campaign and lying to Congress about his wealth, among other offenses.

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    1 year ago

    Dumbass saw Trump getting away with shit and thought, “Me too!” Only he’s not Trump and even Trump might finally see some consequences.

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      There’s gotta be a few like MTG who are sweating a little bit right now, knowing that the authorities are actually going after their illegal activities

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          MTG is more clear than Empty G. There isn’t a lot of overlap between politics and ridiculously expensive card games, use context clues to figure out which one people are discussing.