Santos’ Bail Guarantors Revealed As Aunt And Father

The Daily Beast reports:

We finally know who bailed Rep. George Santos (R–NY) out of jail—despite the beleaguered congressman claiming he’d rather go to jail than give up their names. ABC News reported Thursday that his father and aunt put up the $500,000 bail bond that allowed Santos to walk free after his arrest by federal authorities.

Santos’ father, Gercino dos Santos Jr. lives in New York and previously worked as a house painter, according to The New York Times. His aunt is Elma Santos Preven.

The identity of Santos’ mystery benefactors drew the interest not only of the news media, but the House Ethics Committee as well, which wants to evaluate whether receiving the bail bond breached congressional rules on receiving gifts.

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But who gave THEM the money? As I reported earlier this month, some believe the money was funneled to the guarantors by Steve Bannon’s jailed billionaire sugar daddy, Guo Wengui. Santos recently appeared at Bannon’s event calling for Wengwui’s release.

NEW: Congressman George Santos tells me his bond cosigners are two family members: his aunt, Elma Santos Preven
& his father Gercino Dos Santos.

A judge ordered the names of the cosigners be made public today.

— Rachel Scott (@rachelvscott) June 22, 2023

Now that George Santos let us know who paid his bail, maybe he can let us know who gave him the $700k in mystery money that he lent his campaign without being employed. https://t.co/Md7kXwZzRh

— Melanie D’Arrigo (@DarrigoMelanie) June 22, 2023