Rep. George Santos' $500K bond was guaranteed by his father and his aunt

[Eugene]

Rep. George Santos’ $500K bond was guaranteed by his father and his aunt (NBC News)

Several media organizations, including NBCUniversal News Group, had requested that the court unseal the names of the bond guarantors, known as suretors.

WASHINGTON — The father and aunt of Rep. George Santos, R-N.Y., guaranteed his $500,000 bond after he was charged last month with more than a dozen federal counts, a source familiar with the matter confirmed to NBC News on Thursday.

The congressman's father, Gercino Dos Santos, and his aunt, Elma Santos Preven, were the suretors for the bond. They did not have to provide any money upfront — they are only obligated to pay if Santos violates the terms of his release.

https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/congress/rep-george-santos-500k-bond-was-guaranteed-father-another-relative-rcna90580

[rsdsharp]

1. Next up? Who are the suretors for the father and aunt?

[2naSalit]

16. Yup.

[dalton99a]

29. +1

[former9thward]

35. Their homes.

No one gave them any money. They did not need to put up cash.

[rsdsharp]

36. I understand they didn't put up money. Show me they have unencumbered real estate

worth $500,000.

[former9thward]

37. How can I do that?

I am not the judge. They would have had to show the judge they had that value.

[NJCher]

2. generally acknowledged that

they are not people of means (his family), although George bilked his aunt out of some dough. That's why this phrase is important:

They did not have to provide any money upfront — they are only obligated to pay if Santos violates the terms of his release.

[former9thward]

34. Standard terms in many bail cases.

They pledge their homes which can easily be more than 500k together.

[Maru Kitteh]

3. Guy who lies about his mom dying in 9.11 sure as heck won't give a toot

about costing his dad and auntie a cool half mil.

[spooky3]

9. He's (was) a house painter and auntie is a mail handler. Does the court

Not require that the guarantors actually have the means to pay if George Santos jumps? If so, who gave the money to daddy and auntie?

[Hassin Bin Sober]

11. They may have pledged their homes. That's often the case.

That said, a close relative guaranteeing the individual hardly seems worth all the effort to conceal.

There has to be more to the story.

[spooky3]

13. Yep. Nt

[NowISeetheLight]

14. Stupid

I hope they have a tent to live in after George pulls his next "magic trick" and disappears or something. Those houses will be gone.

[NowISeetheLight]

15. My Guess

My guess is you are correct. Why all the gymnastics to hide the fact your Dad put his house up? There has to be more.

[2naSalit]

17. +1

[Effete Snob]

20. "unsecured"

"Unsecured" means unsecured.

If they pledged their house, then it would not be "unsecured".

[Hassin Bin Sober]

23. Yeah, I know what unsecured means.

This article doesn’t say unsecured - though other reports do.

[malaise]

12. Undiluted BS

Truth will out

[zuul]

4. So why did Santos (if that's his real name) refuse to disclose this information? I don't get it.

[NJCher]

7. that would be pure speculation

but if you want to speculate, I'll play. I'm guessing this sick puppy enjoyed everyone thinking that he was backed by republican big money.

I know, sick.

[Earth-shine]

26. To keep us fighting a false battle; one that would reveal innocent intentions after a big buildup.

The man is constantly engaged in bullshit.

[NJCher]

5. well, that turned out to be a big nothingburger

I was thinking some republican donors would be the backers.

[Brother Buzz]

10. My Magic 8 Ball thinks his father and aunt were just convenient proxies...

in another scheme ginned up by George

[Tesha]

19. I am positive that you are right.

Money promised was money promised by bigger pockets, and the family was just the front..

[Oopsie Daisy]

6. What a sweetheart deal. I thought "bail was bail" & the court always received 100%.

[NJCher]

8. not sure about ny

it varies from state to state, but you only have to put down a percentage of the bail. I see all kinds of figures in my volunteer work: $7500 the other day.

But if the person flees, then they go after your $$. They will even take title to your house if they have to.

[getagrip_already]

22. Well, bail has to be paid in full, but a bail bondsman will typically

Charge a 10% fee for covering the full amount. The bondsman puts up the full amount. If you skip out, they hunt you down.

If you have the means, you post the full bail amount. If you don't, it will cost you 10% that you won't get back.

Just another way to screw the poor.

Unsecured Bond works differently. They only come after the money if the defendent doesn't show up.

[NJCher]

25. ny got rid of bail bondsmen

and they are still screaming about it.

bit by bit they are chipping away at the new law.

[Chainfire]

18. He probably found it embarrassing, at his age, to have to have family bailing him out.

It it was a Miami crime family, he could have owned it with pride.

[cilla4progress]

21. Sure. Big lie like everything else

about him.

[allegorical oracle]

24. How is it that guys like Santos always seem to have the folks to bail them out? My parents would've

let me stew in the clink to "contemplate the errors of my ways."

[Earth-shine]

27. His family has been dealing with his dishonesty all his life.

They love him anyway.

[Phoenix61]

30. His parents created him by always bailing him out.

The rest of us learned not to do stupid stuff because cleaning up our messes sucked.

[Cha]

28. So how is that going to make

his "family lose their jobs"?

Isn't that what he said was the reason he wanted it sealed?


He just looks stupid after all the big secrecy.. this isn't going to help him with the charges.

[getagrip_already]

31. That could be why the judge allowed disclosure...

The judge would know who signed the bond agreement, and likely couldn't square that with his claims.

[clementine613]

32. Throw them in jail

For aiding and abetting a criminal.

[LetMyPeopleVote]

33. George Santos' dad and aunt, a house painter and a mail carrier respectively, posted his $500,000 bo

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