Top Santos Donor Owns Background Check Companies, Bemoans That “For $50 I Could’ve Known” Everything

Bloomberg News reports:

Another twist in the never-ending saga of George Santos: One of his top donors owns multiple employment screening companies. One simple search and the whole mess could have been averted. Josh Eisen, a former congressional candidate and long-time Republican donor, owns and operates two background investigation companies.

Eisen donated over $35,000 to various Santos-related fundraising committees from 2020 to 2022, according to Federal Election Commission reports. “I own background check companies, and I’m thinking, wow, for $50 I could have known,” Eisen said of the moment he first realized Santos had lied about nearly everything in his background.

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“Wow, for $50 I could have known,” says donor who owns background check firms https://t.co/14i3ojkPJM

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