Originally published at: George Santos Pleads Guilty To Federal Charges
The personal story George Santos told en route to winning a seat in the U.S. House of Representatives was filled with incredible — and incredibly false — chapters. In Santos’ telling, he was a multimillionaire, a veteran of some of Wall Street’s most elite firms, and a college volleyball star whose family survived the Holocaust.…
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Congrats to TPM and it’s intrepid reporters!
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I would wish him well for being honest (for once) and farewell in prison. But I’m not that nice.
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Hard not to feel sorry for the guy. How many of us have had to deal with their mother dying. And then dying a second time. And then dying a third time? There but for the grace of god and math go I.
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Wait for the character references.
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Lock him up.
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Every Wednesday is Corndog Night!
(And the Norse Boys in Cell Block C are quite welcoming to newcomers.)
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From what I hear people say, George wants to forget about all the trouble he’s caused and hook up with his old band….
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Well George - we barely knew you.
I hear Club Fed has tasty food and probably a lot of people you have something in common with. Maybe you will make some new friends in the Big House. You just never know !!
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Their door is always open for another Fascionista.
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I could ghost-write a political espionage novel for this guy by the weekend.
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Hopefully you’ll run into Bob Menendez.
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“You might very well think that; I couldn’t possibly comment"
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Nothing in the story about drag, nothing about the dog charity he ran, nothing about his mother dying in the 9/11 attacks, nothing about his legal entanglements in Brazil, nothing about his closest friends in Congress–and yet, we have to stop somewhere, right?
I commend Hunter Walker and all of TPM for digging up and staying on this story in its many mutations. Does his conviction in 2024 mean he is still eligible for a Golden Dukes award this year, too?
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Again, this is someone douchebags see, and say, “What a Douchebag!”
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I think Santos has earned some sort of Golden Duke Emeritus status.
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A prison cell with your name on it awaits you, George. Buh bye.
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Wonders will never cease to amaze…
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During a court appearance, Santos pleaded guilty to wire fraud and aggravated identity theft
Yeah, if I was the real George Santos, I would be pretty aggravated too.
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Why is he going to be sentenced next year? That’s months away. Why is it so hard to sentence a guilty person?
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