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CENTRAL ISLIP, New York, Nov 14 (Reuters) - A former fundraiser for indicted U.S. Representative George Santos pleaded guilty to fraud on Tuesday, adding to the pressure on the embattled New York Republican. U.S District Judge Joanna Seybert accepted the plea, part of an agreement with federal prosecutors, and set Miele's sentencing for April 30. At the hearing, Miele admitted he pretended he was chief of staff to the then minority leader of the U.S. House of Representatives, Kevin McCarthy, to help solicit contributions for Santos' campaign. Miele is the second person close to Santos to plead guilty to federal charges in recent weeks. Nancy Marks, Santos' former campaign treasurer, pleaded guilty on Oct. 5 to a conspiracy charge for inflating his 2022 congressional campaign's fundraising numbers.

Persons: Representative George Santos, Samuel Miele, Joanna Seybert, Miele, Santos, Kevin McCarthy, Joseph Murray, Miele's, Nancy Marks, Tom Hals, Daniel Wallis Organizations: U.S, Representative, New York Republican, U.S . House, Representatives, Thomson Locations: ISLIP , New York, Long Island, Santos, Wilmington , Delaware

☆ US congressman Santos pleads not guilty to new felony charges
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-27 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

[1/2] U.S. Representative George Santos (R-NY) walks outside the Central Islip Federal Courthouse on the day of his hearing, in Central Islip, New York, U.S., October 27, 2023. REUTERS/Eduardo Munoz Acquire Licensing RightsNEW YORK, Oct 27 (Reuters) - U.S. Representative George Santos pleaded not guilty on Friday to a 23-count indictment accusing him of an array of corruption, including 10 felony counts that federal prosecutors added this month. Santos, 35, entered his plea before U.S. District Judge Joanna Seybert in Central Islip, New York, on Long Island. The plea came one day after fellow Long Island Republican congressman Anthony D'Esposito called on the House to expel Santos, saying Santos was "not fit to serve his constituents." Republicans hold a 221-212 majority in the House, and at least several dozen would have to vote against Santos for him to be expelled.

Persons: Representative George Santos, Eduardo Munoz, Santos, Joanna Seybert, Anthony D'Esposito, Jonathan Stempel, Jonathan Oatis Organizations: U.S, Representative, Central, Central Islip Federal, REUTERS, Republican, Long, Thomson Locations: Central Islip, Central Islip , New York, U.S, Long, New York

☆ George Santos pleads not guilty in federal court. But in Washington, some of his colleagues are forcing a vote to kick him out.
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-27 | by ( Jacqueline Swift | Grace Eliza Goodwin | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

NY Rep. George Santos pleaded not guilty to 10 new charges in federal court on Friday. GOP lawmakers from New York moved this week to force a vote on whether to kick Santos out of Congress. AdvertisementAdvertisementRepublican Rep. George Santos dodged protestors and kept silent after pleading not guilty to a slew of new criminal charges in federal court in New York on Friday. But in Washington DC, his congressional colleagues from New York are forcing a vote on whether to kick him out. AdvertisementAdvertisementSantos had previously pleaded not guilty to the original charges in May, and has called the federal case a "witch hunt."

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U.S. Representative George Santos (R-NY) leaves Central Islip Federal Courthouse in Central Islip, New York, U.S., May 10, 2023. Nancy Marks was arrested on Thursday and entered the plea in federal court in Long Island before U.S. District Judge Joanna Seybert, court records showed. The 35-year-old political newcomer has pleaded not guilty and resisted calls to resign for lying about his resume. Marks told the Federal Election Commission in a Jan. 31 filing that she had resigned as Santos' campaign treasurer. Reporting by Luc Cohen in New York; editing by Rami Ayyub and Bill BerkrotOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

Persons: Representative George Santos, Eduardo Munoz, Nancy Marks, Joanna Seybert, Marks, Santos, Luc Cohen, Rami Ayyub, Bill Berkrot Organizations: Representative, Central Islip Federal, REUTERS, U.S, Federal, Commission, Thomson Locations: Central Islip, Central Islip , New York, U.S, Long Island, Queens, Long, New York

NEW YORK, June 22 (Reuters) - George Santos's father and aunt were identified on Thursday as the guarantors of the indicted U.S. representative's $500,000 bail, after Santos fought unsuccessfully to keep them anonymous. The House of Representatives' Ethics Committee also wanted the names, to determine whether Santos violated congressional rules on gifts. Seybert called it "disingenuous" to suggest that Santos' father and aunt might be endangered, noting that they came forward to offer help after the congressman's high-profile arraignment and expressed no concerns about guaranteeing bail. "My family & I have made peace with the judges decision to release their names," Santos posted on Twitter. Reporting by Jonathan Stempel in New York; Editing by Alistair Bell and Daniel WallisOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

Persons: George Santos's, Santos, Gercino dos Santos, Elma Preven, George Santos, Joanna Seybert, Defendant's, Jonathan Stempel, Alistair Bell, Daniel Wallis Organizations: YORK, U.S, Republican, Representatives, Twitter, Thomson Locations: York, Central Islip , New York, New York

☆ Rep. George Santos' mystery bail backers to be revealed at noon
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-22 | by ( Kevin Breuninger | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

U.S. Rep. George Santos leaves the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York in Central Islip, New York, May 10, 2023. The secret identities of Republican Rep. George Santos' bail backers in his federal criminal case are set to be revealed Thursday at noon ET. "That risk is further heightened by the fact that the very crimes Rep. Santos has been charged with involve abusing the political process for personal gain," the Times noted. A consortium of news outlets, including NBC News, followed suit, arguing, "Rep. Santos cannot overcome the presumption of openness" afforded by the First Amendment and federal common law. The judge noted that Santos can move to modify the conditions of his bail if his remaining guarantors decide to back out.

Persons: George Santos, Santos, Joanna Seybert, Joseph Murray, Murray, Seybert, Republican Party's Organizations: Rep, Eastern, of, Republican Rep, Santos, The New York Times, U.S, Times, NBC, Justice Department, Republican, NBC News, CNBC Locations: U.S, of New York, Central Islip , New York, New York, NBCUniversal

☆ Judge blames George Santos for personally feeding 'media frenzy' into his mysterious bail sponsors before making their names public
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-22 | by ( Jacob Shamsian | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

A federal judge disclosed the identities of George Santos's bail sponsors: His dad and aunt. Santos was personally responsible for giving reasons to unseal their names, a judge wrote. He personally fueled the "media frenzy" cited to keep their identities private, according to the judge. US District Judge Joanna Seybert commented on Santos's conduct in an order issued on Tuesday and unsealed on Thursday, along with the bail sponsors. Santos personally fed that frenzy by speaking to members of the media following his May arraignment in federal court on Long Island, Seybert wrote in her ruling.

Persons: George Santos's, Santos, —, George Santos, Joanna Seybert, Gercino Antônio dos Santos, Elma Santos Preven, Joseph Murray, Seybert, Defendant's, you'll, Anne Shields, Shields, Lokman Vural, Santos's, Suretors, he'd Organizations: Service, Republican, Congressional, US, Defendant, Congress, Anadolu Agency, Getty Locations: York, Long, Central Islip

☆ We just learned the identities of the 2 bail guarantors keeping George Santos out of jail
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-22 | by ( Jacob Shamsian | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +9 min

A judge has unsealed the identities of George Santos's mysterious bail sponsors. A third bail guarantor never came forward, a judge wrote. Additional identifying information in the bond documents remains sealed. US Magistrate Judge Anne Shields allowed them to be bail sureties anyway because they "agreed to be personally responsible" for Santos. If anything, Seybert wrote, Santos has drawn even more attention to their identities — giving more reason to make them public.

Persons: George Santos's, They're, Santos's, —, Gercino Antônio dos Santos, Elma Santos Preven, Santos, haven't, Anne Shields, Shields, Joanna Seybert, Davis Wright Tremaine, Ghislaine Maxwell —, Jeffrey Epstein, he'd, Joseph Murray, Seybert, Goldman Sachs, Murray, George Santos, Lokman Vural, Getty Images Murray, you'll, Defendant's, Seth Wenig, Samuel Bankman, Lewis Kaplan, who's, Kaplan, Larry Kramer, Andreas Paepcke, Kramer, Paepcke Organizations: Service, Congressional, US, World Trade Center, Citigroup, Goldman, Baruch College, New York University, Anadolu Agency, Getty Images, AP, Stanford University Locations: New York, Washington, York, Brazil, Central Islip , New York, Central Islip

☆ George Santos bail backers will be revealed Thursday, judge orders
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-20 | by ( Kevin Breuninger | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

U.S. Representative George Santos (R-NY) speaks to the media as he leaves Central Islip Federal Courthouse in Central Islip, New York, May 10, 2023. The identities of the people who guaranteed Rep. George Santos' $500,000 bond in his criminal fraud case will be revealed Thursday at noon ET, a federal judge ordered Tuesday. Other sealed documents in the case, including Seybert's full written order, are also scheduled to be unsealed Thursday, according to a docket entry in Santos' case. After his initial court appearance, Santos was released on a $500,000 bond backed by multiple guarantors, whose names were kept under seal. A magistrate judge in the case sided with the news outlets earlier this month but gave Santos time to appeal the decision.

Persons: Representative George Santos, George Santos, Judge Joanna Seybert's, Santos, Joseph Murray, Murray, Republican Party's Organizations: Representative, Islip Federal, Republican, New York Times Locations: Islip, Central Islip , New York, U.S, Long

☆ Who paid the $500,000 to bail George Santos out of jail? We'll probably find out on Thursday.
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-20 | by ( Bryan Metzger | Jacob Shamsian | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

A group of three people are on the hook for $500,000 to keep Rep. George Santos out of jail. On Thursday at noon Eastern Time, documents revealing the identities of the three people who paid the scandal-plagued congressman's $500,000 bond will be unsealed after US District Judge Joanna Seybert denied Santos' most recent appeal. The judge allowed Santos to walk free instead of going to jail ahead of trial on the condition that he stays in Washington, DC and New York, and agrees to a $500,000 bond. But in a highly unusual decision, the magistrate judge who imposed the bond allowed the identities of those bail sponsors to remain secret. One of the three people who originally agreed to sponsor the bond already dropped out, Murray said.

Persons: George Santos, —, Joanna Seybert, Santos, Joseph Murray, Murray, Guo Wengui, GUO Organizations: Rep, Service Locations: George Santos of New York, Washington , DC, New York

☆ George Santos Says His Family Helped Bail Him Out. (Just Don’t Ask Who.)
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-09 | by ( Grace Ashford | Michael Gold | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Mr. Santos, a Republican representing Long Island and parts of Queens, is facing 13 felony counts including money laundering and wire fraud. A group of media organizations, including The New York Times, requested last month that the identities of the people who guaranteed Mr. Santos’s bail bond be unsealed. In a motion filed on Monday, Mr. Murray shared a response he wrote to the Ethics Committee’s questions about bail, in which he pointed to House ethics rules that permit gifts from family members. Mr. Murray said that he would not oppose a targeted unsealing that would confirm to the public and to House investigators that Mr. Santos’s guarantors were family members, without fully revealing their names or exact relationships to Mr. Santos. Though the suretors did not hand over actual money, they will be on the hook for the $500,000 if Mr. Santos flees prosecution.

Persons: Joanna Seybert, Santos, Santos’s, Murray, Santos’s guarantors Organizations: Republican, The New York Times Locations: Long, Queens

☆ George Santos says the people backing up his bond are family members who will bail on him if their names are publicly released
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-09 | by ( Kelly Mclaughlin | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Santos' lawyer asked a federal judge not to release the names of the people backing Santos' bond. Santos' lawyer says family members would likely abandon Santos if their names are made public. In a court filing in the US District Court for the Eastern District of New York, attorney Joseph Murray asked District Court Judge Joanna Seybert to block the names of Santos' guarantors from being released. Murray said that Santos and his staff have faced a "media frenzy and hateful attacks" since Santos was indicted. Insider is among a coalition of news organizations seeking the names of the bond suretors.

Persons: Santos, —, George Santos, representative's, Joseph Murray, Joanna Seybert, Anne Shields —, Santos —, Defendant, Murray, Seybert Organizations: Service, Court, Eastern, of, Prosecutors Locations: of New York

☆ Is indicted Chinese billionaire tycoon Guo Wengui secretly bankrolling George Santos's bail?
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-01 | by ( Jacob Shamsian | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +10 min

In recent months, he's become supportive of exiled Chinese tycoon and Republican patron Guo Wengui. There's a very strong chance that one person putting up the money — directly or indirectly — is the jailed exiled Chinese billionaire tycoon Guo Wengui. Even Ghislaine Maxwell and SBF didn't get this kind of secrecySantos certainly doesn't want us to know who these bond sponsors are. (An affinity for using multiple names, which are variations of each other, is something Guo shares with George Anthony Devolder Santos.) So, is Guo one of Santos's bail sponsors?

Persons: George Santos's, you'll, Santos, he's, Guo Wengui, —, George Santos, Ghislaine Maxwell, SBF didn't, Joanna Seybert, Jeremy A, Chase, Alexandra Settelmayer, Davis Wright Tremaine, Lokman Vural, Sam Bankman, Larry Kramer, Andreas Paepcke —, Lewis Kaplan, Jeffrey Epstein, Epstein, Maxwell, Guo, Steve Bannon, Forbes, Miles Kwok, Carlo Allegri, Bannon, Miles Guo, George Anthony Devolder Santos, Cait Corrigan, Santos didn't, Joe Murray, Guo didn't, Santos doesn't Organizations: Service, Rep, Republican, New York Times, US, Federal, Anadolu Agency, Getty, Stanford University, REUTERS, New Federal, Chinese Communist Party, Law Foundation, Law Society, Santos, Justice Department Locations: New York, Long, Santos, Washington, DC, Central Islip, Central Islip , New York, Manhattan, United States, China, New Federal State of China, New Federal State

☆ A judge reportedly held a secret hearing with the 3 anonymous people sponsoring George Santos's $500,000 bail
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-25 | by ( Jacob Shamsian | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

A court filing said a judge held sealed court hearings with them to keep their identities secret. In a letter filed to court Wednesday, Dana R. Green, a lawyer for The New York Times, said the court held another secret hearing with the sponsors. It's unclear whether the hearing was overseen by Shields or US District Judge Joanna Seybert, to whom Santos's case has since been assigned. After a group of news organizations — including Insider — asked the judge to unseal their names, arguing they were in the public interest, the judge ultimately made the names public. Unlike in the Bankman-Fried case, there's no public record that Santos's attorney asked for the bail-sponsor names to remain sealed.

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