Homocons

Bloomberg News reports: Add Broadway producer to the long list of George Santos’s fabrications. While running for Congress in 2021, Santos told some potential donors he was a producer on the musical Spider-Man: Turn Off The Dark, according to people familiar with the discussions. That show, which ran from 2011 to 2014, was an ill-fated production that lost tens of …

Semafor reports: It’s Groundhog Day, but George Santos is worried about a mole. The Congressman told Semafor he expects recordings by a prospective staffer they interviewed this week to be published this evening by progressive news site Talking Points Memo. “He’s violated the trust that we had in him,” Santos said. According to Santos, his office had been in the …

The Daily Beast reports: The lawyer Rep. George Santos (R-NY) chose to defend him in his fraud case in Brazil was convicted and jailed in connection with a gang execution, according to a report. Jonymar Vasconcelos, 47, was sentenced to 18 years in prison in 2007 for his role in the fatal shooting of a mechanic three years earlier, São …

Politico reports: FBI agents are investigating Rep. George Santos’ role in an alleged GoFundMe scheme involving a disabled U.S. Navy veteran’s dying service dog. Two agents contacted former service member Richard Osthoff Wednesday on behalf of the U.S. Attorney’s Office in the Eastern District of New York, he told POLITICO. Osthoff gave the agents 2016 text messages with Santos, who …

Mother Jones reports: According to Santos’ campaign filings with the Federal Election Commission, his recent campaign pulled in more than $45,000 from relatives who lived in Queens. This included a mail handler who gave more than $4,000, a painter who donated the maximum of $5,800, and a student who also contributed $5,800. One of Santos’ relatives, who was recorded as …

ABC News reports: Leandro Bis said he was 19 years old when he met Santos at a bar in Manhattan in 2013, when Bis was in town from Brazil. Bis told ABC News in an interview that he knew the now-embattled congressman as Anthony Zabrovski. Bis said that over the next few weeks, he began a romantic relationship with Santos, …

Mediaite reports: Rep. George Santos (R-NY) lamented rising crime in a floor speech on Tuesday while he is the subject of federal and state criminal investigations. The congressman is reportedly facing a criminal probe in Nassau County, as well as a criminal investigation by the U.S. Department of Justice. Santos took to the House floor on Tuesday to bemoan the …

The Miami Herald reports: The managing partner of a diner where the campaign reported spending more than $200 over back-to-back days said he had no receipts matching items on the campaign reports. A $199.99 stay at the high-end W South Beach hotel — where room rates are typically more than $700 per night — was flagged as improbable, “barring some …

The Washington Post reports: Embattled Rep. George Santos (R-N.Y.) told House Republicans on Tuesday that he will step down from his committee assignments, according to a person familiar with the discussion. Santos, who has admitted to fabricating key parts of his background since his election in November, said in a closed-door meeting of House Republicans on Tuesday that he would …

The New York Daily News reports: Rep. George Santos vowed Monday he would cooperate with a congressional ethics investigation into his lies about his background and into questions about his campaign finances. Emerging from a morning meeting with House Speaker Kevin McCarthy, the newly elected Long Island GOP lawmaker claimed he would finally come clean about the unending string of …

The Insider reports: An ex-boyfriend of Republican Rep. George Santos said he had no idea the congressman was married when they first started dating — even after moving in together with Santos and his then-wife in her apartment. Pedro Vilarva, who was 18 in 2014 when he met Santos, described the living situation in an interview with Insider on Friday. …

Mother Jones reports: In September 2020, George Santos’ congressional campaign reported that Victoria and Jonathan Regor had each contributed $2,800 — the maximum amount—to his first bid for a House seat. Their listed address was 45 New Mexico Street in Jackson Township, New Jersey. A search of various databases reveals no one in the United States named Victoria or Jonathan …

The Washington Post reports: The Justice Department has asked the Federal Election Commission to hold off on any enforcement action against George Santos, the Republican congressman from New York who lied about key aspects of his biography, as prosecutors conduct a parallel criminal probe, according to two people familiar with the request. The request, which came from the Justice Department’s …

Raw Story reports: Rep. George Santos (R-NY), who falsely claimed that his grandparents were Jews who fled the Holocaust, paid tribute to genuine victims of Nazi anti-Semitism on the floor of the House of Representatives on Friday. Santos began his speech by noting that January 27th marks the anniversary of the liberation of the notorious Auschwitz concentration camp, where untold …

NBC News reports: A Republican technology firm says it is asking Rep. George Santos, R-N.Y., to correct yet another apparent error on his campaign spending records. Santos reported paying WinRed more than $206,000 to process donations to his 2022 campaign, records show. But that amount doesn’t match up with how much money Santos actually raised. A Republican fundraising platform, WinRed …

Politico reports: Just months after Santos’ win helped seal a GOP majority, New York Democrats and Republicans are drafting contingency plans for a potential special election in the battleground district, despite the currently high likelihood that the incumbent stays put. No matter what Santos does, the freshman fabricator’s toxicity has forced House members and campaign hands to think about 2024 …

The Daily Beast reports: George Santos appears to have taken unusual countermeasures to conceal his Spotify—a seemingly innocuous piece of his digital footprint that would only disclose that he is a fan of Brazilian music, enjoys tunes by drag queens, and gives his playlists cringey names like “Vibes” and “Turn Up.” Wthin hours after the first contact through a voicemail …

Patch New York reports: Years ago, embattled Long Island Rep. George Santos commented on a Facebook post with what appear to be intended jokes about Hitler, a phrase that appears to salute Hitler and observations about “the Jews and black[s],” exclusive screenshots obtained by Patch show. In March 2011, Santos commented on a photo shared by a Facebook friend which …

Spectrum New York reports: Devolder Organization, which Santos once claimed managed $80 million in assets, now appears to share the same address as a mailing-processing storefront in a strip mail with a Dollar Tree and a nail salon. Santos has yet to explain his $700,000 loan — even in interviews with political allies. “Where did it come from?” Rep. Matt …

ABC News reports: With a disclosure filing deadline approaching as questions swirl around his use of campaign funds, embattled Rep. George Santos’ campaign appears to be left without a treasurer. On Wednesday, several fundraising committees associated with the freshman congressman from New York filed amendments to their statements of organizations, notifying the Federal Election Commission of a new treasurer. But …