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DIY-HP-LED
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I'm afraid explaining the constitution to the magats has been tried, including civics lessons, they don't seem to get it though, so perhaps remedial education is required.
Perhaps even reconstruction 2.0 for some states, it was ended by congress, and it can be restarted by congress if the republicans fuck up enough!
BudmanTX
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went from 13 to 23 in a snap huh Santos.....
couldn't have happen to a idiot of a human being......
couldn't have happen to a idiot of a human being......
printer
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Santos charged with 10 new criminal counts in superseding indictment
Rep. George Santos (R-N.Y.) was charged with 10 new criminal counts Tuesday over accusations he inflated his campaign finance reports and charged donors’ credit cards without authorization.
Santos pleaded not guilty in May to a 13-count indictment, and the new charges bring the total to 23.
The charges add new criminal exposure for the embattled lawmaker, who began his first term in January after admitting to embellishing parts of his background while campaigning. Santos is due to appear in court Oct. 27.
The additional indictment comes days after Santos’s former campaign treasurer, Nancy Marks, reached a deal with prosecutors and pleaded guilty to conspiring with the then-candidate to carry out a scheme prosecutors are dubbing the “Party Program,” in which the duo committed fraud on Santos’s campaign finance reports.
The scheme was meant to ensure that Santos and his campaign qualified for a “national party committee” program that would provide financial and logistical support to Santos’s bid for Congress, prosecutors said. To qualify, the New York Republican had to show his campaign raised at least $250,000 from third-party contributors in a single quarter.
After failing to qualify for the program in October 2021, an agent of the national party committee told Santos that the “only driver that matters is raising $250K,” according to the indictment.
“We are going to do this a little different. I got it,” Santos allegedly replied, the charging document says.
To make that representation, Santos and Marks agreed to falsely report to the Federal Election Commission (FEC) that at least 10 family members made significant contributions to the campaign, despite knowing they had not, according to prosecutors.
“The defendant George Anthony Devolder Santos and Marks knew that none of these reported contributions were true,” the indictment reads.
Santos also falsely reported to the national party committee and the FEC that he loaned his campaign $500,000 — an impossibility, since Santos had just $8,000 in his personal and business bank accounts, prosecutors claim.
The second alleged scheme involved Santos stealing the identities and financial information of contributors to his campaign and charging their credit cards repeatedly without authorization, prosecutors said.
“Through these unauthorized transactions, Devolder Santos transferred funds to the Committee, to the campaigns of other candidates for elected office and to his personal bank account,” the superseding indictment reads, asserting that Santos falsely represented that those contributions were made by other individuals, including his relatives and associates.
The new charges comprise one count of conspiracy to commit offenses against the United States; two counts of wire fraud; two counts of making materially false statements to the FEC; two counts of falsifying records submitted to obstruct the FEC; two counts of aggravated identity theft; and one count of access device fraud.
The Hill has reached out to Santos for comment. Santos’s congressional office said it doesn’t comment on legal matters, and Santos’s lawyer declined to comment.
Breon Peace, U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of New York, said Santos is accused of “stealing people’s identities and making charges on his own donors’ credit cards without their authorization, lying to the FEC and, by extension, the public about the financial state of his campaign.”
“Santos falsely inflated the campaign’s reported receipts with non-existent loans and contributions that were either fabricated or stolen” Peace said. “This Office will relentlessly pursue criminal charges against anyone who uses the electoral process as an opportunity to defraud the public and our government institutions.”
In May, the embattled lawmaker pleaded not guilty to 13 federal charges connected to separate accusations that he misled campaign donors, fraudulently received unemployment benefits and lied on financial disclosures.
Since the original indictment, two of Santos’s former staffers have faced charges.
In August, Samuel Miele, Santos’s former fundraiser, pleaded not guilty to five charges over accusations he impersonated a top aide to a member of House leadership while soliciting contributions for Santos’s campaign.
Marks struck the plea deal with prosecutors earlier this month.
thehill.com
Rep. George Santos (R-N.Y.) was charged with 10 new criminal counts Tuesday over accusations he inflated his campaign finance reports and charged donors’ credit cards without authorization.
Santos pleaded not guilty in May to a 13-count indictment, and the new charges bring the total to 23.
The charges add new criminal exposure for the embattled lawmaker, who began his first term in January after admitting to embellishing parts of his background while campaigning. Santos is due to appear in court Oct. 27.
The additional indictment comes days after Santos’s former campaign treasurer, Nancy Marks, reached a deal with prosecutors and pleaded guilty to conspiring with the then-candidate to carry out a scheme prosecutors are dubbing the “Party Program,” in which the duo committed fraud on Santos’s campaign finance reports.
The scheme was meant to ensure that Santos and his campaign qualified for a “national party committee” program that would provide financial and logistical support to Santos’s bid for Congress, prosecutors said. To qualify, the New York Republican had to show his campaign raised at least $250,000 from third-party contributors in a single quarter.
After failing to qualify for the program in October 2021, an agent of the national party committee told Santos that the “only driver that matters is raising $250K,” according to the indictment.
“We are going to do this a little different. I got it,” Santos allegedly replied, the charging document says.
To make that representation, Santos and Marks agreed to falsely report to the Federal Election Commission (FEC) that at least 10 family members made significant contributions to the campaign, despite knowing they had not, according to prosecutors.
“The defendant George Anthony Devolder Santos and Marks knew that none of these reported contributions were true,” the indictment reads.
Santos also falsely reported to the national party committee and the FEC that he loaned his campaign $500,000 — an impossibility, since Santos had just $8,000 in his personal and business bank accounts, prosecutors claim.
The second alleged scheme involved Santos stealing the identities and financial information of contributors to his campaign and charging their credit cards repeatedly without authorization, prosecutors said.
“Through these unauthorized transactions, Devolder Santos transferred funds to the Committee, to the campaigns of other candidates for elected office and to his personal bank account,” the superseding indictment reads, asserting that Santos falsely represented that those contributions were made by other individuals, including his relatives and associates.
The new charges comprise one count of conspiracy to commit offenses against the United States; two counts of wire fraud; two counts of making materially false statements to the FEC; two counts of falsifying records submitted to obstruct the FEC; two counts of aggravated identity theft; and one count of access device fraud.
The Hill has reached out to Santos for comment. Santos’s congressional office said it doesn’t comment on legal matters, and Santos’s lawyer declined to comment.
Breon Peace, U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of New York, said Santos is accused of “stealing people’s identities and making charges on his own donors’ credit cards without their authorization, lying to the FEC and, by extension, the public about the financial state of his campaign.”
“Santos falsely inflated the campaign’s reported receipts with non-existent loans and contributions that were either fabricated or stolen” Peace said. “This Office will relentlessly pursue criminal charges against anyone who uses the electoral process as an opportunity to defraud the public and our government institutions.”
In May, the embattled lawmaker pleaded not guilty to 13 federal charges connected to separate accusations that he misled campaign donors, fraudulently received unemployment benefits and lied on financial disclosures.
Since the original indictment, two of Santos’s former staffers have faced charges.
In August, Samuel Miele, Santos’s former fundraiser, pleaded not guilty to five charges over accusations he impersonated a top aide to a member of House leadership while soliciting contributions for Santos’s campaign.
Marks struck the plea deal with prosecutors earlier this month.
Santos charged with 10 new criminal counts in superseding indictment
Rep. George Santos (R-N.Y.) was charged with 10 new criminal counts Tuesday over accusations he inflated his campaign finance reports and charged donors’ credit cards without authorization. Santos …
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DIY-HP-LED
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Let's talk about Santos and more to come....
DIY-HP-LED
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Throw away the key, he's gone for good and might be deported if he ever gets out, the only question is when he goes away and if they can force him to resign because the pay is good and so is the pension. He can't vote in the house from prison though and a democrat would likely get his seat in a special election or be appointed by the governor and then they would be down one and the democrats up one seat in the house.Santos charged with 10 new criminal counts in superseding indictment
Rep. George Santos (R-N.Y.) was charged with 10 new criminal counts Tuesday over accusations he inflated his campaign finance reports and charged donors’ credit cards without authorization.
Santos pleaded not guilty in May to a 13-count indictment, and the new charges bring the total to 23.
The charges add new criminal exposure for the embattled lawmaker, who began his first term in January after admitting to embellishing parts of his background while campaigning. Santos is due to appear in court Oct. 27.
The additional indictment comes days after Santos’s former campaign treasurer, Nancy Marks, reached a deal with prosecutors and pleaded guilty to conspiring with the then-candidate to carry out a scheme prosecutors are dubbing the “Party Program,” in which the duo committed fraud on Santos’s campaign finance reports.
The scheme was meant to ensure that Santos and his campaign qualified for a “national party committee” program that would provide financial and logistical support to Santos’s bid for Congress, prosecutors said. To qualify, the New York Republican had to show his campaign raised at least $250,000 from third-party contributors in a single quarter.
After failing to qualify for the program in October 2021, an agent of the national party committee told Santos that the “only driver that matters is raising $250K,” according to the indictment.
“We are going to do this a little different. I got it,” Santos allegedly replied, the charging document says.
To make that representation, Santos and Marks agreed to falsely report to the Federal Election Commission (FEC) that at least 10 family members made significant contributions to the campaign, despite knowing they had not, according to prosecutors.
“The defendant George Anthony Devolder Santos and Marks knew that none of these reported contributions were true,” the indictment reads.
Santos also falsely reported to the national party committee and the FEC that he loaned his campaign $500,000 — an impossibility, since Santos had just $8,000 in his personal and business bank accounts, prosecutors claim.
The second alleged scheme involved Santos stealing the identities and financial information of contributors to his campaign and charging their credit cards repeatedly without authorization, prosecutors said.
“Through these unauthorized transactions, Devolder Santos transferred funds to the Committee, to the campaigns of other candidates for elected office and to his personal bank account,” the superseding indictment reads, asserting that Santos falsely represented that those contributions were made by other individuals, including his relatives and associates.
The new charges comprise one count of conspiracy to commit offenses against the United States; two counts of wire fraud; two counts of making materially false statements to the FEC; two counts of falsifying records submitted to obstruct the FEC; two counts of aggravated identity theft; and one count of access device fraud.
The Hill has reached out to Santos for comment. Santos’s congressional office said it doesn’t comment on legal matters, and Santos’s lawyer declined to comment.
Breon Peace, U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of New York, said Santos is accused of “stealing people’s identities and making charges on his own donors’ credit cards without their authorization, lying to the FEC and, by extension, the public about the financial state of his campaign.”
“Santos falsely inflated the campaign’s reported receipts with non-existent loans and contributions that were either fabricated or stolen” Peace said. “This Office will relentlessly pursue criminal charges against anyone who uses the electoral process as an opportunity to defraud the public and our government institutions.”
In May, the embattled lawmaker pleaded not guilty to 13 federal charges connected to separate accusations that he misled campaign donors, fraudulently received unemployment benefits and lied on financial disclosures.
Since the original indictment, two of Santos’s former staffers have faced charges.
In August, Samuel Miele, Santos’s former fundraiser, pleaded not guilty to five charges over accusations he impersonated a top aide to a member of House leadership while soliciting contributions for Santos’s campaign.
Marks struck the plea deal with prosecutors earlier this month.
Santos charged with 10 new criminal counts in superseding indictment
Rep. George Santos (R-N.Y.) was charged with 10 new criminal counts Tuesday over accusations he inflated his campaign finance reports and charged donors’ credit cards without authorization. Santos …
Budzbuddha
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Guess he wants to be “ Queen of Prison “
printer
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House Republicans pick Steve Scalise as speaker nominee
Rep. Steve Scalise has won the House GOP’s nomination for speaker during a secret ballot vote, according to multiple sources familiar.
The final vote tally was 113 for Steve Scalise and 99 for Jim Jordan.
The threshold to succeed was a simple majority of the conference. But they will need a majority of the entire chamber — which is currently 217, a much higher threshold — in order to secure the speaker’s gavel on the floor.
It is not yet clear when the full House will hold the speaker vote, but it could take place as soon as Wednesday.
www.cnn.com
Rep. Steve Scalise has won the House GOP’s nomination for speaker during a secret ballot vote, according to multiple sources familiar.
The final vote tally was 113 for Steve Scalise and 99 for Jim Jordan.
The threshold to succeed was a simple majority of the conference. But they will need a majority of the entire chamber — which is currently 217, a much higher threshold — in order to secure the speaker’s gavel on the floor.
It is not yet clear when the full House will hold the speaker vote, but it could take place as soon as Wednesday.
October 11, 2023 - Steve Scalise wins Republican vote for House speaker nominee
House Republicans picked Rep. Steve Scalise as their nominee for speaker on Wednesday — but the Louisiana Republican lacks the votes needed to win the gavel.
cannabineer
Ursus marijanus
oh lovely. An overthrow caucus mega maga. I imagine the Democrats will be a unanimous No.House Republicans pick Steve Scalise as speaker nominee
Rep. Steve Scalise has won the House GOP’s nomination for speaker during a secret ballot vote, according to multiple sources familiar.
The final vote tally was 113 for Steve Scalise and 99 for Jim Jordan.
The threshold to succeed was a simple majority of the conference. But they will need a majority of the entire chamber — which is currently 217, a much higher threshold — in order to secure the speaker’s gavel on the floor.
It is not yet clear when the full House will hold the speaker vote, but it could take place as soon as Wednesday.
October 11, 2023 - Steve Scalise wins Republican vote for House speaker nominee
House Republicans picked Rep. Steve Scalise as their nominee for speaker on Wednesday — but the Louisiana Republican lacks the votes needed to win the gavel.
Who’s Driving the GOP Clown Car?
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DIY-HP-LED
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They are fooling around while Israel goes unfunded (fuck Ukraine)! They are definitely making baby Jesus cry!
All I can say is the more they fuck up the worse it will be for them in 24, except Trump isn't the only one wearing a Teflon suit and like him, many of these assholes can't fuck up enough, others are on the edge though and this shit is not helping them get reelected.
cannabineer
Ursus marijanus
I still fear that the party and its base are so radicalized that the next election could be a disaster, maybe more so at the state and congressional level.
Imo the real problem has to do with the center and center-left media not stepping up to challenge the lies being aggressively promoted by the maga/fascist-aligned pseudojournalists.
In a saner world, Rupert Murdoch and a few others would be in Gitmo (for promoting insurrection), or in some third-world oubliette supplementing their prison menu with rat tartare.
BudmanTX
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BudmanTX
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gotta love Karma......1.2.3...and weee down the stairs we go....
DIY-HP-LED
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Steve Schmidt explains how Donald Trump is exploiting the mainstream media | The Warning
31,046 views Oct 11, 2023 The Warning
Steve Schmidt and Margaret Sullivan discuss how the New York Times and the Washington Post failed to cover Donald Trump over the last 7 years. They explain how the failures in coverage have caused people to turn to right-wing outlets like Fox News.
DIY-HP-LED
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Let's talk about the GOP Speaker race....
DIY-HP-LED
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Republicans — NOT Joe Biden! — make America look WEAK | Charlie's Shots
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The Bulwark's Charlie Sykes dives into the current political landscape, debunking the rhetoric surrounding Joe Biden and his alleged "weakness" on the world stage. Republicans in the United States Senate are holding up military promotions and ambassador appointments, contributing to the perception of American weakness abroad. Key figures like Tommy Tuberville, Rand Paul, and -- of course -- Donald Trump are having a devastating impact on American politics and international relations.
DIY-HP-LED
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Tuberville reports former CIA director Hayden to Capitol Police over tweet
Sen. Tommy Tuberville (R-Ala.) reported former CIA Director Michael Hayden to the Capitol Police on Tuesday over the former general’s tweet suggesting the lawmaker should be removed “fr…
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cannabineer
Ursus marijanus
after all, an offensive xweet is sooo much more serious than holding the nation’s security hostage to advance a hate agenda. Way to go, Tatertown.Tuberville reports former CIA director Hayden to Capitol Police over tweet
Sen. Tommy Tuberville (R-Ala.) reported former CIA Director Michael Hayden to the Capitol Police on Tuesday over the former general’s tweet suggesting the lawmaker should be removed “fr…
DIY-HP-LED
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Joe reacts to Trump's remarks praise of Hezbollah: 'That's your Republican Party right there.'
60,244 views Oct 12, 2023 #Trump #Politics #Israel
While speaking on Wednesday night, former President Trump seemed to praise Hezbollah, calling them 'very smart'. The Morning Joe panel discusses.
