Homocons

Politico reports: George Santos lied to a Seattle judge about working for Goldman Sachs while speaking at a 2017 bail hearing for a “family friend” who later pleaded guilty to fraud in an ATM skimming scheme, according to an audio recording of the proceeding and court records. “So what do you do for work?” King County Superior Court Judge Sean …

Gothamist reports: In one of his first legislative acts as a new member of Congress, Rep. George Santos has backed a bill to make an AR-15 style rifle – a weapon used in some of the deadliest mass shootings of the past decade – the “National Gun of the United States.” Santos co-sponsored the bill, along with prime sponsor Alabama …

Politico reports: One of George Santos’ first acts as a candidate for Congress in 2019, according to his campaign finance filings, was making a series of four-figure donations from his campaign to a pair of local Republican groups and President Donald Trump’s reelection committee. But according to those groups’ own filings, the contributions were never received — and may not …

The New York Daily News reports: Rep. George Santos’ campaign filed paperwork Tuesday listing a new campaign treasurer but provided scant detail about the mysterious man apparently tapped to track the truth-challenged New York congressman’s coffers. A statement of organization for Santos’ campaign listed Andrew Olson as the new treasurer. But it gave no phone number for Olson, and provided …

Brad Palumbo writes for the Washington Examiner: Something very strange is going on with the Log Cabin Republicans. The group of gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgender Republicans has long advocated tolerance and inclusion within the GOP. But it’s now teaming up with a self-described “homophobic” troll. This is bizarre for several reasons, chief among them the fact that Isabella Moody …

The New York Post reports: Tell us something we don’t know, George. Nearly two months after telling The Post that he was guilty of “embellishing my resume” during his successful 2022 House campaign, Long Island Rep. George Santos went a step further Monday, telling broadcaster and Post columnist Piers Morgan that “I’m a terrible liar.” “It wasn’t about tricking people,” …

The New York Times reports: By 2019, Mr. Santos was divorced, not long before he launched his first congressional campaign. But the old relationship drew new scrutiny on Wednesday, via a letter filed with ethics watchdogs in the House of Representatives requesting an investigation into whether Mr. Santos has violated federal immigration laws. The request was made by Malcolm Lazin, …

Gothamist reports: Long Island Rep. George Santos’ sister has settled a suit seeking her eviction from an apartment in Elmhurst, Queens over more than a year of unpaid rent. She agreed to pay her former landlord $1,000 a month through October 2024 to cover what she owed, for a total of $19,525, according to a settlement agreement released Friday. Tiffany …

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 …

The Independent reports: The office of embattled Republican congressman George Santos was surrounded by a police barricade on Wednesday as local residents delivered a petition calling on him to resign. Around 25 residents visited his district office in Douglaston, Queens, and asked to speak with the congressman. The protesters were turned away by a member of his staff, who said …

The Daily Beast reports: When George Santos first ran for Congress in 2020, he lost by more than 12 points. But even though he was running in a safely blue district, the “red mirage” of Election Day votes lent the false impression of a tight race, and before absentee ballot counting began the following week, Santos seized on a golden …

Mediaite reports: Reps. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) and George Santos (R-NY) have co-sponsored a bill that would prohibit publishers from providing schools with “sexually explicit material.” Flagged by LGBT Nation, the bill – H.R. 863 – was filed by freshman Rep. Cory Mills (R-FL) last week. Though text of the legislation remains to be seen, its description’s use of the …

CBS News reports: In the early evening on April 17, 2017, a Chase Bank security officer in Seattle watched through an ATM’s camera as a man approached and removed a card-skimming device. Moments later, police officers pounced, arresting the man, Gustavo Ribeiro Trelha, then an Orlando, Florida, resident. The case would lead to a guilty plea and Trelha’s deportation back …

Kyle Mantyla reports at Right Wing Watch: The Log Cabin Republicans, an organization that claims to “[represent] LGBT conservatives and straight allies who support fairness, freedom, and equality,” announced its 2023 class of Outspoken Ambassadors today. Outspoken Ambassadors, the organization explained, are social media “influences” who will offer “charismatic and thoughtful perspectives at a time when so many people feel …

CNN reports: Embattled Rep. George Santos is contemplating a nightmare scenario for House Republicans: Trying to stick it out in Congress, even if he is indicted on criminal charges. After previously signaling to Republicans he wouldn’t seek reelection, Santos has recently been telling people he is considering running for a second term, according to multiple Republican sources, and privately insists …

“Look, you had Congresswoman Slotkin in tears. You had Governor Gretchen Whitmer in tears. Both of them completely emotional, off the rails going to a far-left progressive idea that somehow they and government must act to protect our kids. “First of all, the problem that I have is raising the bar and telling everybody that government, somehow, is going to …

The New York Times reports: Representative George Santos has spent his campaign money in plenty of conspicuous ways, from lavish hotel stays in Las Vegas and Palm Beach, Fla., to an unusual slew of payments for exactly $199.99 — two cents below the threshold where receipts would be required. But deep within Mr. Santos’s campaign filings, The New York Times …

The Wrap reports: “Campaign of Deceit: The Election of George Santos,” which premieres Tuesday at 8 p.m. ET, unpacks the New York Republican’s trail of lies by following his humble roots from a basement in Queens to one of Long Island’s wealthiest suburbs. Santos declined to participate in the CBS Reports documentary despite multiple requests. CBS News correspondent Caitlin Huey-Burns …

NBC News reports: Rep. George Santos, R-N.Y., said in an interview on Thursday that Sen. Kyrsten Sinema, I-Ariz., consoled him after his tense exchange this week with Sen. Mitt Romney, R-Utah, but Sinema’s office says she never spoke to Santos. Santos told Newsmax Thursday evening that after Romney lashed out at him ahead of Tuesday’s State of the Union address, …

New York City’s ABC affiliate reports: Congressman George Santos said he, “would have never gotten the nomination from the Nassau County GOP” if he had not lied about his college education, but otherwise maintained he did not run “a campaign of deceit and deception,” in a Newsmax interview Thursday night. “I would have never gotten the nomination from the Nassau …