Santos Allowed To Keep $500K Bail Guarantors Secret

Bloomberg News reports:

George Santos, the embattled Republican congressman charged with fraud and money laundering, has secured three unidentified guarantors for his $500,000 bond.

At his May 10 arraignment, where Santos pleaded not guilty, US Magistrate Judge Anne Shields released the 34-year-old lawmaker but told him he would have to get three co-signers for the bond. He now has them, according to a person familiar with the matter.

In a departure from typical practice in federal court, Shields didn’t require defense lawyer Joseph Murray to identify the guarantors in open court. Keeping secret the identities of those who have sponsored bail for a defendant is rare.

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