The Republican congressman, George Santos, elected last November as a representative of New York, has been arrested this Wednesday, after he was released accused of 13 federal charges. Virtually nothing that was known about Santos’s life was true. Yes, he is of Brazilian origin, but no, he does not have Jewish grandparents who survived the holocaust.

And about his resume, it is not that he adorned it, as he came to declare, it is that it would practically have to be blank: he has not worked in large Wall Street banks, nor graduated from the university where he was supposedly the star of the team of volleyball. But the line between lying and crime He has come by asking for donations from a company that would supposedly finance his electoral campaign.

However, according to the prosecution, used that money for personal expensessuch as luxury designer clothes and your credit cards. He is now charged with wire fraud, money laundering, theft of public funds and false testimony before the United States House of Representatives. His traps and fallacies have run into justice.

He pleads not guilty

The congressman has declared not guilty this Wednesday of the 13 federal charges, ensuring that the case against him is a “Witch hunt“. The American politician, who has been taken into custody in Melville, Long Island, has finally been released after paying a bail of 500,000 dollars (455,200 euros), as reported by the federal prosecutor’s office in New York, and has had to hand over his passport, the American chain CNN has reported.

After the reading of charges, Santos has stated in statements to the media that it is a “Witch hunt“and has referred to the family of US President Joe Biden, who has been receiving money from foreign entities for “years”. Shortly after his arrest, both Democratic and Republican politicians have urged Santos to present his resignation in connection with the said charges.

However, the Republican congressman has assured the press that won’t quit, as reported by ABC. Santos, who had announced in April that he would run for re-election as a New York congressman, has been charged with violating electoral finance laws, engaging in conflicts of interest, embezzling funds allegedly intended for Iraq war veterans, orchestrating a fraud scandal and lying about his past – whether it’s about his work history, financial history and even his own identity-.

Thus, the Prosecutor’s Office considers that he would have used funds destined for the campaign to make personal purchases and that he requested “fraudulentlyAid for unemployed people during the coronavirus pandemic.