An aide to Rep. George Santos (R-NY), who impersonated Speaker Kevin McCarthy’s (R-CA) former chief of employees, has been charged with wire fraud and id theft.
The New York Occasions reported:
The aide, Samuel Miele, was arraigned Wednesday morning in Brooklyn federal court docket and launched on $150,000 bond. He has pleaded not responsible.
He was accused by federal prosecutors of sending “fraudulent fund-raising” emails to greater than a dozen potential contributors to an unnamed candidate.
In these messages, he claimed to be a “high-ranking aide to a member of the Home with management tasks,” the indictment mentioned. When Mr. Miele efficiently solicited marketing campaign contributions, he obtained a 15 % fee, based on the indictment.
George Santos had an aide impersonate McCarthy’s former chief of employees so as to fraudulently fundraise, and he’s STILL a member of the Republican caucus within the Home. Kevin McCarthy is such a doormat that even when members of his caucus commit an act of id theft and wire fraud towards one in all his former prime staffers, McCarthy responds by doing nothing.
Rep. Charged is charged with quite a few federal crimes. After the voters in his district bounce him from Congress subsequent 12 months, it’s doubtless that he may find yourself in jail.
The George Santos crime wave is among the weirdest crime waves in current congressional historical past and it speaks volumes about Kevin McCarthy’s weak point that he has executed nothing about it.
