NBC News reports:
Rep. George Santos, R-N.Y., pled not guilty Friday to additional charges in a superseding indictment, including allegations of identity theft and transferring money to his personal bank account from a supporter’s credit card. U.S. District Judge Joanna Seybert set a trial date for Santos of Sept. 9 of next year, which is expected to last a month. His next status conference is scheduled for this Dec. 12. Santos did not comment to reporters on the way out of the courthouse.
A small group of protestors stood outside the building in Central Islip, N.Y., on Friday waving signs that said “Expel Santos now” and “Santos stole NY.” Santos is accused of “stealing people’s identities and making charges on his own donors’ credit cards without their authorization, lying to the FEC and, by extension, the public about the financial state of his campaign,” the U.S. attorney for the Eastern District of New York,
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Rep. George Santos pleads not guilty to charges alleging he stole donors’ identities and ran up fraudulent credit card charges, among other offenses https://t.co/ULPbYVGsAX
— CNN Breaking News (@cnnbrk) October 27, 2023
#NEW Rep. George Santos pleaded not guilty at his arraignment Friday on a revised indictment accusing him of several frauds, including making tens of thousands of dollars in unauthorized charges on credit cards belonging to some of his campaign donorshttps://t.co/3agexVMuyN
— NBC New York (@NBCNewYork) October 27, 2023
New York Republican Rep. George Santos appeared in a Long Island courtroom on Friday to enter a not guilty plea to a slew of new felony charges, including conspiracy, false statements, aggravated identity theft and credit card fraud. Read more: https://t.co/2QsabLKkof
— Spectrum News NY1 (@NY1) October 27, 2023