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