George Santos personal loan admission puts Republicans in impossible position s about the funding of George Santos Congressional bid intensified on Tuesday after the New York Republican filed an amended Federal Election Commission report in which he no longer claimed a 500 000 loan received had come from the personal funds of the candidate.
Santos was already facing calls to resign from Congress including from his local Republican party after it emerged he had lied about much of his background including attending college working for top Wall Street firms and his mother being in the World Trade Center on September 11 2001. in his updated Federal Finance report.
Filed on Tuesday Santos had unticked the Box claiming a 500 000 loan to his campaign came from personal funds of the candidate which had previously been ticked however he again said the loan came from the candidate triggering confusion about the money's Origins he also said in the amended filings.
First reported by The Daily Beast that a 125 thousand dollar loan which his campaign received on October 26th was not from his personal funds but failed to explain where the money had come from in total Centos said he lent his campaign more than seven hundred thousand dollars telling WABC radio he used the money I paid myself through the.
Devolder organization to fund it the devolter organization was run by Santos who claimed it provided specialty Consulting for Rich individuals though there are a few details about its business activities in the public domain speaking to the New York Times top election lawyer Brett g capital questioned whe ther the loan provided to.
Santos campaign could have come from an illegal source he said if the candidate's personal wealth wasn't the source of the loan then what was the only other permissible Source would be a bank and they would require collateral for a loan of this size if a bank wasn't the source of the funds.
Then the only alternatives are illegal sources representative James Comer a republican who chairs the house oversight committee as already said Santos will be removed from Congress if proven to have violated campaign Finance laws appearing on CNN earlier this month he said it's not up to me or any other.
Member of Congress to determine whether he can be kicked out for lying now if he broke campaign Finance laws then he will be removed from Congress house Speaker Kevin McCarthy has also said Santos will be removed if he is found to have broken the law earlier this month the campaign Legal Center CLC announced it had filed a.
Complaint against Santos to the Federal Election Commission accusing the Republican of a tasting menu of campaign Finance law violations we think that rather than Santos making overnight Millions from a business he can't explain he and others unknown engaged in a scheme to provide secret illegal contributions to his campaign.
Roger weand a CLC senior researcher concluded the CLC also suggested Santos campaign was illegally paying his rent and highlighted a large number of expenditures registered at 199.99 one cent below the level where candidates are required to produce a receipt.
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