{"id":1929401,"date":"2023-05-12T02:27:18","date_gmt":"2023-05-12T06:27:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/congressman-santos-pleads-not-guilty-to-13-count-indictment\/"},"modified":"2023-05-12T02:29:36","modified_gmt":"2023-05-12T06:29:36","slug":"congressman-santos-pleads-not-guilty-to-13-count-indictment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/congressman-santos-pleads-not-guilty-to-13-count-indictment\/","title":{"rendered":"Santos denies 13 charges in court."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">12<\/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%2Fcongressman-santos-pleads-not-guilty-to-13-count-indictment%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=1929401&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>George Santos Pleads Not Guilty to 13-Count Indictment for Financial Crimes<\/h2>\n<h3>Embattled Representative Faces Serious Charges<\/h3>\n<p>Rep. George Santos (R-NY) appeared in federal court on Wednesday to plead not guilty to financial crime charges. The Department of Justice announced on Tuesday that Santos was indicted on 13 counts, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/former-democratic-california-rep-tj-cox-indicted-for-fraud-faces-up-to-55-years-in-prison\/\" title=\"Former Democratic California Rep. TJ Cox Indicted For Fraud, Faces Up To 55 Years In Prison\">including wire fraud<\/a>, money laundering, theft of public funds, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/sidney-powell-is-an-american-legal-giant\/\" title=\"Sidney Powell Is an American Legal Giant\">making false statements<\/a> to the House of Representatives.<\/p>\n<p>If convicted, Santos could face up to 20 years in prison. However, House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) has stated that he will not call for Santos&#8217;s resignation unless he is convicted of a crime.<\/p>\n<h3>Allegations of Dishonesty and Deception<\/h3>\n<p>The indictment alleges that Santos used political contributions to enrich himself, unlawfully applied for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/missouri-tennessee-join-growing-number-of-states-cutting-off-federal-unemployment-bonuses\/\" title=\"Missouri, Tennessee Join Growing Number Of States Cutting Off Federal Unemployment Bonuses\">pandemic-related unemployment benefits<\/a>, and lied to the House of Representatives. The Justice Department also claims that Santos defrauded political supporters by moving campaign funds into his personal bank account and using the money for personal purchases, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/mccarthy-indicates-he-will-not-support-santos-he-has-other-things-to-focus-on\/\" title=\"McCarthy won't back Santos, citing other priorities.\">including designer clothing<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>During his court appearance, Santos denied the allegations and called them a &#8220;witch hunt.&#8221; He stated that he has evidence to prove his innocence and plans to fight the charges.<\/p>\n<h3>Calls for Resignation<\/h3>\n<p>Several Democrats and Republicans have called for Santos&#8217;s resignation or expulsion from Congress following the news of his indictment. Fellow New York Republicans have joined the calls for his removal, with Rep. Anthony D&#8217;Esposito (R-NY) tweeting that Santos should resign from office.<\/p>\n<p>Sen. Mitt Romney (R-MT) has also called for Santos&#8217;s immediate resignation, stating that he should have resigned a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ben-franklins-name-scrubbed-from-tacoma-city-park\/\" title=\"Ben Franklin\u2019s Name Scrubbed From Tacoma City Park\">long time ago<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h3>Conclusion<\/h3>\n<p>The case against George Santos is ongoing, and it remains to be seen whether he will be convicted of the charges against him. However, the allegations of dishonesty and deception are serious, and they have led to calls for his resignation from both sides of the aisle.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>George Santos pleads not guilty to 13-count indictment for financial crimes Rep. George Santos (R-NY) pleaded not guilty to financial crime charges in federal court on Wednesday. Santos was indicted on 13 counts: seven counts of wire fraud, three counts of money laundering, one count of theft of public funds, and two counts of making<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1929402,"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":[547],"tags":[4035,4733,4775,12040],"class_list":["post-1929401","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-bongino-report","tag-charges","tag-court","tag-denies","tag-santos"],"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\/1929401","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\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1929401"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1929401\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1929402"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1929401"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1929401"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1929401"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}