Santos not in talks on potential deal in case

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By Haley Talbot and Jack Forrest, CNN
Published 10:24 PM EDT, Tue September 12, 2023

New York Republican Rep. George Santos on Tuesday said he was not in talks with the Justice Department to strike a plea deal after he was indicted on 13 federal fraud and money laundering charges in May.

The freshman congressman, whose astonishing pattern of lies and fabrications has led to investigations and calls for his resignation, told CNN’s Erin Burnett in an exclusive, combative interview that there are “no talks of a negotiation” with the Justice Department.

Santos has pleaded not guilty to the 13 charges, which include: seven counts of wire fraud, three counts of money laundering, one count of theft of public funds and two counts of making materially false statements to the House of Representatives ...

https://www.cnn.com/2023/09/12/politics/george-santos-doj-charges-cnntv/index.html

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1. One thing Santos couldn't steal from me

BY NAYSA WOOMER, OPINION CONTRIBUTOR - 09/13/23 7:30 AM ET

... In December 2022, I accepted a job as communications director for then-Rep-elect George Santos ...

Less than two weeks later, the New York Times exposed the congressman-elect’s many outrageous deceptions and inadvertently turned me into a highly visible — and highly ridiculed — Hill communications staffer ...

Years from now, George Santos will go down in history as one of the most dishonorable members of Congress ...

For now, he will continue to serve in Congress knowing that colleagues on both sides of the aisle are counting the days until he departs Capitol Hill ...

https://thehill.com/opinion/campaign/4199518-one-thing-george-santos-couldnt-steal-from-me/

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2. Republicans reject resolution to expel Santos (May 2023)

Updated May 17, 20236:00 PM ET
Barbara Sprunt
Claudia Grisales

House Republicans blocked Democrats' effort to expel scandal-plagued Rep. George Santos from Congress less than a week after the first-term Republican congressman pleaded not guilty to fraud charges.

Democrats pushed a resolution to expel Santos, but Republicans instead voted along party lines 221 to 204 to send the matter to the House Ethics Committee. Seven Democrats voted present, including several on the House Ethics panel to head off concerns of a conflict of interest.

The one-sentence resolution introduced on Tuesday by California Rep. Robert Garcia was largely a symbolic one; the measure was widely expected to fail but forced House Republicans to go on the record about their colleague from New York ...

https://www.npr.org/2023/05/16/1176489151/house-democrat-introduces-resolution-to-expel-rep-george-santos-from-congress

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3. Santos supports impeachment inquiry

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4. "George Santos on Tuesday said he was not in talks..."

What? The reporters are taking Santos' word on this?

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5. +

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6. It is hard to take anything Santos says seriously

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7. So, he's in talks

We watched that interview live. He shows no emotion as he blatantly lies.

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8. That lying fucker needs to be talking and trying to cop a plea for a shorter sentence...

because he's going to jail. His hubris and Dunning-Kruger Effect sensibility won't serve him well as it has in past (incorrectly thinking he's the smartest person in the room). I'll be so wallowing in joyful schadenfreude when they slap the cuffs on his stupidly arrogant ass.

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9. Put him in jail before Trump makes him his running mate.