Kitara Ravache Loses Bid To Have Charges Dismissed

The Hill reports:

A federal judge on Friday declined to dismiss several criminal charges against George Santos, the ex-Republican House member expelled from Congress last year.

Santos faces 23 counts connected to separate accusations he misled and mistreated campaign donors, lied on financial disclosures and inflated campaign finance reports. The former lawmaker, who has pleaded not guilty to all the charges against him, is also accused of fraudulently receiving unemployment benefits.

He asked U.S. District Judge Joanna Seybert in various motions to dismiss three of those charges, including two counts of aggravated identity theft and one count of theft of public money, which she combined and “denied in its entirety.”

Read the full article. Seybert is a Clinton nominee.

A federal judge on Friday declined to dismiss criminal charges against former Rep. George Santos for alleged schemes that cost him his seat. https://t.co/divAkc3xtI

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