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Did George Santos Violate House Ethics Rules (Again) To Escape Federal Custody?

Santos’s refusal to directly name those who helped bail him out of custody raises concerns of yet another House Ethics violation

Unsurprisingly, George Santos has refused to be honest and identify the three people who bailed him out of federal custody with a $500,000 bail guarantee.

Here’s why it matters: The $500,000 bail guarantee “could run afoul of House gift rules if the sureties were not immediate relatives, spouses, extended family or in-laws.”

A federal judge on Long Island has already ruled that Santos must name his bond sureties, and the House Ethics Committee has already requested information from Santos to help determine “whether you may have solicited or received an improper gift in connection with the bond sureties.”

Still, Santos is refusing to tell the truth or show any respect for House Ethics rules by naming those who helped secure his bail.

REMINDER: The House Ethics Committee already formed a subcommittee dedicated to determining whether Santos broke campaign finance laws, violated federal conflict of interest laws, and/or engaged in alleged sexual misconduct.

“House Republicans decided that protecting a federally-indicted, serial-lying fraud whose freedom currently depends on half-a-million dollars worth of bail from anonymous checkbooks was more important than Long Island voters,” said DCCC spokesperson Nebeyatt Betre. “It’s critical that voters know who Santos owes his loyalty to, because it’s clearly not Long Islanders.”

ICYMI: Santos’s lawyer – who argued against sharing the names of those who secured Santos’s bond – joined insurrectionists in trespassing Capitol grounds on January 6, 2021.

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