{"id":1928517,"date":"2023-05-11T00:40:29","date_gmt":"2023-05-11T04:40:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/rep-george-santos-pleads-not-guilty-to-13-count-indictment-says-he-wont-resign\/"},"modified":"2023-05-11T00:41:38","modified_gmt":"2023-05-11T04:41:38","slug":"rep-george-santos-pleads-not-guilty-to-13-count-indictment-says-he-wont-resign","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/rep-george-santos-pleads-not-guilty-to-13-count-indictment-says-he-wont-resign\/","title":{"rendered":"Rep. George Santos denies 13 charges, won&#8217;t step down."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">18<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Frep-george-santos-pleads-not-guilty-to-13-count-indictment-says-he-wont-resign%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1928517&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><h2>Republican Congressman Pleads Not Guilty to Fraud Charges<\/h2>\n<h3>George Santos Accused of Deceiving Donors and Stealing from Campaign<\/h3>\n<p>Republican Representative George Santos from New York has pleaded not guilty to charges of fraud, theft, and lying to Congress. The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/rep-george-santos-pleads-not-guilty-to-13-count-indictment-says-he-wont-resign\/\" title=\"Rep. George Santos denies 13 charges, won't step down.\">allegations include defrauding donors<\/a>, stealing from his own campaign, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/shades-of-jimmy-carter-gas-lines-inflation-rising-unemployment-return-under-biden\/\" title=\"Shades Of Jimmy Carter: Gas Lines, Inflation, Rising Unemployment Return Under Biden\">collecting unemployment benefits<\/a> he was not entitled to. <\/p>\n<p>Santos was released on a $500,000 bond after turning himself in to authorities on Long Island. If convicted, he could face up to 20 years in prison. <\/p>\n<p>The 13-count federal indictment against Santos paints a picture of deception and deceit, with prosecutors alleging that he presented himself as an affluent businessman while engaging in fraudulent activities. <\/p>\n<h3>Republican Leadership Reserves Judgment<\/h3>\n<p>Despite the serious charges, Republican leadership in the House of Representatives has <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/defense-moves-for-mistrial-in-kyle-rittenhouse-case-judge-to-prosecutor-i-dont-believe-you\/\" title=\"Defense Moves for Mistrial in Kyle Rittenhouse Case; Judge to Prosecutor: 'I Don't Believe You!'\">reserved judgment<\/a> on the issue. House Majority Leader Steve Scalise stated that there is a legal process to follow and a presumption of innocence. <\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, Santos has refused to abandon his reelection campaign and has vowed to prove his innocence in court. <\/p>\n<h3>Key Points:<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>George Santos has pleaded not guilty to charges of fraud, theft, and lying to Congress<\/li>\n<li>If convicted, he could face up to 20 years in prison<\/li>\n<li>Republican leadership has reserved judgment on the issue<\/li>\n<li>Santos has refused to abandon his reelection campaign and plans to prove his innocence in court<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Despite the allegations against him, Santos remains determined to clear his name and continue his political career. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Rep. George Santos (R-N.Y.) pleaded not guilty on May 10 to charges that he defrauded donors, stole from his campaign, and lied to Congress about being a millionaire, all while collecting unemployment benefits for which he did not qualify. Five hours after turning himself into authorities on Long Island to face charges of wire fraud<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1843,"featured_media":1928518,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[543],"tags":[4035,4775,4010,5811,7129,12040,5101,4324],"class_list":["post-1928517","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-epoch-times","tag-charges","tag-denies","tag-down","tag-george","tag-rep","tag-santos","tag-step","tag-wont"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1928517","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1843"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1928517"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1928517\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1928518"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1928517"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1928517"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1928517"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}