George Santos Linked To Sanctioned Russian Oligarch

The Washington Post reports:

George Santos has deeper ties than previously known to a businessman who cultivated close links with a onetime Trump confidant and who is the cousin of a sanctioned Russian oligarch. Andrew Intrater and his wife each gave the maximum $5,800 to Santos’ main campaign committee and tens of thousands more since 2020 to committees linked to him, according to filings with the FEC. Intrater’s cousin is Russian billionaire Viktor Vekselberg, who has been sanctioned by the U.S. government.

The relationship between Santos and Intrater goes beyond campaign contributions, according to a statement made privately by Santos in 2020 and a court filing the following year in a lawsuit brought by the SEC  against a Florida-based investment firm, Harbor City Capital, where Santos worked for more than a year. Harbor City was able to land a $625,000 deposit from a company registered in Mississippi that identifies Intrater as its lone officer.

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