{"id":2002917,"date":"2023-08-16T18:25:01","date_gmt":"2023-08-16T22:25:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/george-santos-former-aide-facing-federal-charges-after-impersonating-mccarthy-staff-member\/"},"modified":"2023-08-16T18:26:24","modified_gmt":"2023-08-16T22:26:24","slug":"george-santos-former-aide-facing-federal-charges-after-impersonating-mccarthy-staff-member","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/george-santos-former-aide-facing-federal-charges-after-impersonating-mccarthy-staff-member\/","title":{"rendered":"George Santos, ex-aide, charged for posing as McCarthy staff member."},"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\">20<\/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%2Fgeorge-santos-former-aide-facing-federal-charges-after-impersonating-mccarthy-staff-member%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=2002917&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>Former Campaign Aide Charged \u200dwith Wire Fraud and Identity Fraud<\/h2>\n<p>Rep. George Santos&#8217;s (R-NY) former campaign aide has been federally charged\u2064 with \u2063wire fraud and identity fraud. The aide is accused of impersonating House Speaker\u200d Kevin\u200b McCarthy&#8217;s (R-CA) former chief of staff\u200c to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ethics-committee-admonishes-lindsey-graham-for-soliciting-contributions-for-walker\/\" title=\"Ethics committee admonishes Lindsey Graham for soliciting contributions for Walker\">solicit campaign donations<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h3>Indictment Details<\/h3>\n<p>Samuel Miele, 27, \u200dwas indicted in documents unsealed \u2062on \u2064Wednesday. The indictment alleges that he solicited \u200cdonations using a fake identity from over a dozen potential contributors two years\u200d ago when Santos was a candidate in his New York district.<\/p>\n<p>Miele is \u2063facing four counts \u2062of wire fraud and\u2064 one count\u2063 of aggravated identity theft. If convicted,\u2064 the latter charge \u2064carries a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/new-washington-blm-alliance-begins-lobbying-state-legislature-demands-gov-inslee-declare-racism-a-public-health-crisis\/\" title=\"New \u2018Washington BLM Alliance\u2019 Begins Lobbying State Legislature, Demands Gov. Inslee Declare Racism A Public Health Crisis\">mandatory minimum sentence<\/a> of two years in prison. Miele \u2062pleaded not guilty at\u200d the arraignment on Wednesday and was released on a $150,000 \u200cbond.<\/p>\n<p>The indictment\u2062 reveals \u2064that Miele\u200b claimed to be a &#8220;high-ranking aide\u200c to\u200d a member \u2063of the House with leadership responsibilities.&#8221; He was responsible for fraudulent fundraising emails\u200d and \u2063phone calls,\u200c receiving a 15%\u2063 commission from \u2062successfully \u200dobtained campaign\u2064 contributions.<\/p>\n<p>Although the documents \u200bdid not\u2063 explicitly\u2062 name Santos or\u200c the House aide that Miele impersonated, previous reports from the New York Times and Washington Post identified the aide \u200cas Dan Meyer,\u2062 McCarthy&#8217;s former chief of staff.<\/p>\n<h3>Confirmation and \u200bResponse<\/h3>\n<p>McCarthy confirmed the reports in January, \u200cstating that Miele \u200bwas fired \u200donce Santos became aware of his actions. Miele had sent emails from an account \u200busing McCarthy&#8217;s aide&#8217;s full name and allegedly signed the messages \u200busing the person&#8217;s official\u2063 title, according to\u2063 the indictment.<\/p>\n<p>Miele&#8217;s lawyer, Kevin H. Marino, released a statement asserting his \u200bclient&#8217;s innocence and expressing confidence in\u200b a complete vindication at trial.<\/p>\n<h3>Related \u2063Charges and Calls for Resignation<\/h3>\n<p>The same\u2062 prosecutors who \u200dfiled charges against Miele also filed charges against Santos in May. Santos \u2063faces 13 \u2064counts,\u2062 including money \u200dlaundering, wire fraud, theft of public funds, and \u200bfalse statements. He pleaded not\u200d guilty and was released on \u200da $500,000 bond.<\/p>\n<p>House Democrats initially sought to oust Santos in mid-May, but House Republicans secured enough votes to push the matter to the House Ethics Committee for further investigation. \u200dThe \u200dstatus of the investigation \u2063remains unclear after the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/george-santos-former-aide-facing-federal-charges-after-impersonating-mccarthy-staff-member\/\" title=\"George Santos, ex-aide, charged for posing as McCarthy staff member.\">60-day review period expired<\/a> before Congress\u2063 adjourned for its \u2063August recess.<\/p>\n<p>Amidst the controversies\u2062 surrounding Santos, several representatives, including New York Republicans, have called for his resignation.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Rep. George Santos&#8217;s (R-NY) ex-aide faces federal charges of wire and identity fraud. Samuel Miele, 27, allegedly posed as House Speaker Kevin McCarthy&#8217;s (R-CA) former chief of staff to collect campaign donations. Unsealed documents reveal his indictment for soliciting funds under a false identity.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2002918,"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-2002917","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\/2002917","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=2002917"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2002917\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2002918"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2002917"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2002917"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2002917"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}