FBI brokers are investigating Rep. George Santos’ function within the alleged fraud of a disabled Navy veteran’s GoFundMe for his dying service canine.

“Two brokers contacted former service member Richard Osthoff Wednesday on behalf of the U.S. Lawyer’s Workplace within the Japanese District of New York, he advised Politico.

Osthoff gave the brokers 2016 textual content messages with Santos, who he says used his plight to lift $3,000 for life-saving surgical procedure for the pit bull combine, Sapphire – then ghosted with the funds, as first reported by Patch.

Jaqueline Candy first broke the information about Santos being accused of defrauding a disabled veteran on January 17, 2023 in Patch.

“Disabled Veteran: George Santos Took $3K From Dying Canine’s GoFundMe

Two New Jersey veterans say George Santos promised to lift funds for a lifesaving surgical procedure for a service canine — then disappeared.”

George Santos is accused of fraud on nearly each stage attainable at this level: internationally, domestically, marketing campaign funds… He has extra names than some other individual in Congress however makes use of them in a means that in some methods echoes Donald Trump’s use of different names.

Politico added, “Joshua Schiller, a senior trial lawyer who has practiced within the Japanese District, stated the veteran’s encounter with Santos may provide prosecutors a fast option to hit the Republican congressman with felony prices although they’re additionally investigating heftier attainable monetary crimes.”

Schiller made the purpose I’ve made earlier, which is that proper now, George Santos is within the place to make legal guidelines. He doesn’t comply with the legislation. He shouldn’t be making legal guidelines for anybody.

Santos has lengthy denied he broke any legal guidelines.

Santos represents the bottom of what the trendy GOP has develop into, which Speaker McCarthy is prepared to tolerate for the only real purpose that he presently has a mere 4 seat majority.

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