[Giantone]

George Santos.................


Rep. George Santos hit with scathing ethics report, says he won't seek reelection
The New York Republican responded to the findings with a defiant statement.


In many different ways, the Ethics Committee found, the New York Republican "sought to exploit his campaign, and the access to wealthy donors it afforded him, for his own personal profit."

Among other misdeeds, Santos allegedly reported fictitious loans to get wealthy donors to make contributions, used his connections to obtain yet more donations, including to make "purported 'repayments' of those fictitious loans," and diverted campaign money for his own use.

"And he sustained all of this through a constant series of lies to his constituents, donors, and staff about his background and experience," the ethics report reads.

Santos' questionable expenses ranged from some $2,280 in Atlantic City, New Jersey, last year -- where he liked to play roulette, often with his husband -- to $2,900 that was labeled for "Botox" as well as approximately $10,000 spent at high-end Ferragamo and Hermes stores, about $3,330 at a rental property while his calendar listed him as being in the Hamptons in New York and various sums to pay off credit card debt and his rent, among other suspect spending such as charges in Las Vegas while Santos was believed to be on his honeymoon, the report states.



"In a recent interview, he cast himself as a victim, someone who is being held to a different standard Just like trump always the victim, kinda like the three amigos here. lol.