Mother Jones: Many Top Santos Donors Don’t Exist

Mother Jones reports:

In September 2020, George Santos’ congressional campaign reported that Victoria and Jonathan Regor had each contributed $2,800 — the maximum amount—to his first bid for a House seat. Their listed address was 45 New Mexico Street in Jackson Township, New Jersey. A search of various databases reveals no one in the United States named Victoria or Jonathan Regor.

Moreover, there is nobody by any name living at 45 New Mexico Street in Jackson. That address doesn’t exist. Under federal campaign finance law, it is illegal to donate money using a false name or the name of someone else. “It’s called a contribution in the name of another,” says Saurav Ghosh, the director for federal campaign finance reform at the Campaign Legal Center. “It’s something that is explicitly prohibited under federal law.”

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We tried to call the top donors to George Santos’ 2020 campaign. Many don’t seem to exist. https://t.co/DS85XZD0mO

— Mother Jones (@MotherJones) January 28, 2023