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WaPO: There are clear signs that DOJ prosecutors are examining George Santos' campaign finances [1]
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Date: 2023-01-27
The Washington Post says there are clear signals coming from the Department of Justice that federal prosecutors are investigating Rep. George Santos’ campaign finances.
The Post reported:
The Justice Department has asked the Federal Election Commission to hold off on any enforcement action against George Santos, the Republican congressman from New York who lied about key aspects of his biography, as prosecutors conduct a parallel criminal probe, according to two people familiar with the request. The request, which came from the Justice Department’s Public Integrity Section, is the clearest sign to date that federal prosecutors are examining Santos’s campaign finances. The request also asked that the FEC provide any relevant documents to the Justice Department, according to the knowledgeable people, who spoke on the condition of anonymity because of the matter’s sensitivity.
The newspaper said spokespersons for the DOJ and FEC declined to comment.
The DOJ’s request “indicates there’s an active criminal investigation” examining issues that overlap with complaints against Santos before the FEC, Brett Kappel, a campaign finance lawyer at D.C.-based Harmon, Curran, Spielberg & Eisenberg, told the Post..
And Santos is under scrutiny from another federal agency — the Securities and Exchange Commission.
The SEC on Friday interviewed two people about Santos’s role in Harbor City Capital, an investment firm that was forced to close in 2021 after the SEC accused it of operating a “classic Ponzi scheme,” the Post reported.
The newspaper wrote:
SEC interest in those people came after they were quoted Wednesday in The Washington Post describing how Santos solicited an investment in Harbor City at an Italian restaurant in Queens in late 2020.
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