Santos Eyed In Possible 2020 Recount Fund Scam

The Daily Beast reports:

When George Santos first ran for Congress in 2020, he lost by more than 12 points. But even though he was running in a safely blue district, the “red mirage” of Election Day votes lent the false impression of a tight race, and before absentee ballot counting began the following week, Santos seized on a golden fundraising opportunity: a recount fund. The only catch was, in Santos’ case, there never was a recount.

Those 90,000 absentee ballots devoured Santos’ 4,000-vote Election Day lead, swinging the race—which had not even been ranked “competitive” by Cook Political Report—to Democratic opponent Tom Suozzi. Suozzi eventually won by more than 46,000 votes. But that didn’t stop Santos from creating “Devolder Santos for Congress Recount” (DSCR) less than 24 hours after Election Day—a fundraising committee that raised and spent hundreds of thousands of dollars.

Read the full article. As always with Santos, it’s unknown where the money – in this case $265,000 – came from and where it went. An FEC complaint has been filed.

EXCLUSIVE: During George Santos’ first failed run for Congress in 2020, he raised and spent hundreds of thousands of dollars for a recount that was never even remotely in the cards.https://t.co/hdwixiTT97

— The Daily Beast (@thedailybeast) February 16, 2023