{"id":1954179,"date":"2023-06-22T13:42:01","date_gmt":"2023-06-22T17:42:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/judge-reveals-names-of-co-signers-who-paid-500000-bail-for-george-santos\/"},"modified":"2023-06-22T13:42:59","modified_gmt":"2023-06-22T17:42:59","slug":"judge-reveals-names-of-co-signers-who-paid-500000-bail-for-george-santos","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/judge-reveals-names-of-co-signers-who-paid-500000-bail-for-george-santos\/","title":{"rendered":"Judge discloses identities of co-signers who covered $500K bail for George Santos."},"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\">24<\/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%2Fjudge-reveals-names-of-co-signers-who-paid-500000-bail-for-george-santos%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=1954179&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>The Unsealing of Co-Signers&#8217; Names in Rep. George Santos&#8217;s Bail Case<\/h2>\n<p>The names of the three co-signers who generously contributed to the $500,000 bail for Rep. George Santos (R-NY) last month have been revealed, despite efforts from the freshman lawmaker to keep their identities anonymous.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>The court order unveils the signatures of two of the co-signers: his father Gercino Dos Santos and his aunt Elma Santos Preven. All other identifying information in the order has been redacted from public access.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<h3>Media Pressure Leads to Unsealing<\/h3>\n<p>This revelation comes after several <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/judge-reveals-names-of-co-signers-who-paid-500000-bail-for-george-santos\/\" title=\"Judge discloses identities of co-signers who covered 0K bail for George Santos.\">media organizations exerted pressure<\/a> on the judge to disclose the names of the three individuals who helped secure Santos&#8217;s bail. Defense attorneys for Santos filed a motion to keep the records sealed, expressing concerns that the guarantors could face significant distress, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/vanity-fair-attacks-pro-death-republicans-for-opposing-vax-mandates\/\" title=\"Vanity Fair Attacks \u2018Pro-Death\u2019 Republicans for Opposing Vax Mandates\">potential job loss<\/a>, and even physical harm if their identities were made public.<\/p>\n<p>Despite these arguments, U.S. Magistrate Judge Anne Shields ruled against Santos, ordering the information to be released publicly at noon on Thursday. Santos had the option to change the conditions of his release to keep the names confidential, but he chose not to do so.<\/p>\n<h3>House Ethics Committee Investigation<\/h3>\n<p>The House Ethics Committee has also requested the names of the individuals involved as part of their inquiry into the payment. However, Santos&#8217;s legal team has not provided that information, according to court filings. The Ethics Committee initiated an investigation after the House voted to refer the matter to the panel, temporarily saving Santos from a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/judge-agrees-to-unseal-names-of-co-signers-who-paid-500000-bail-for-george-santos\/\" title=\"Judge allows release of names of co-signers who paid 0K bail for George Santos.\">high-profile expulsion<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>House Democrats have been urging the ethics panel to release a report on their preliminary findings. They introduced a resolution that would reveal whether Santos disclosed the names of his guarantors to the committee during their investigation and, if so, direct the members to disclose them to the full House.<\/p>\n<h3>Santos&#8217;s Legal Battle<\/h3>\n<p>Rep. George Santos was released on a $500,000 bond after being indicted by the Justice Department on multiple charges, <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. Santos maintains his innocence and believes the allegations against him are politically motivated.<\/p>\n<p>Despite the challenges he faces, Santos continues to fight his legal battle while the public eagerly awaits further developments in this high-profile case.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Click here to read more from The Washington Examiner.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The identities of the three co-signers who contributed to Rep. George Santos&#8217; $500,000 bail were disclosed on Thursday, defying the lawmaker&#8217;s attempt to keep them anonymous. The court order exposed the signatures of two co-signers, including his father, who assisted in paying his bond.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1954180,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","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":[538],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1954179","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-washington-examiner"],"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\/1954179","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=1954179"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1954179\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1954180"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1954179"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1954179"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1954179"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}