Santos was charged with theft in 2017 case tied to Amish dog breeders

[Jose Garcia]

Source: Politico

NEW YORK – Rep. George Santos was charged with theft in Pennsylvania’s Amish Country in 2017 after a series of bad checks were written in his name to dog breeders, according to the court and a lawyer friend who helped him address the charge.

Just days after $15,125 in checks were made out for “puppies,” according to the memo lines, Santos held an adoption event at a Staten Island pet store with his animal rescue charity Friends of Pets United, according to the store’s Instagram account and a person who attended the event.

The charge was dismissed and his record expunged after Santos claimed someone had stolen his checkbook, according to the court and the lawyer.

The Pennsylvania theft charge, which has not previously been reported, is the latest revelation in a dizzying array of scandals for the beleaguered New York congressman, who fabricated much of his campaign biography. Santos is facing at least five law enforcement probes including an FBI investigation into his role in a service dog charity scheme tied to Friends of Pets United and a Brazilian fraud case.

Read more: https://www.politico.com/news/2023/02/09/santos-charged-theft-2017-dog-breeders-00082091

[Liberty Belle]

1. Now he can add "dog thief" to his resume.

I don't buy that he didn't cheat the pet store owner given that he was doing dog adoptions at the time, and clearly intended another scam:



The New York Times reported this week that Santos had an unusual request for the pet store owner Daniel Avissato after an adoption event at Pet Oasis. He asked Avissato to make a check with the proceeds out to his name instead of the name of the charity. Avissato said he refused, but later noticed — when he looked at his bank records — that the check had been changed to the way Santos wanted it, according to the Times.

[SergeStorms]

5. Yet the charges were dismissed.

There's not one honest bone in that "man's" body.

I put "man's" in quotation marks because real men don't lie, cheat, and steal from other people. There are very few republican "men".

[montanacowboy]

2. Jesus H Christ

If you read that whole article you wonder what kind of monster this fat slob is. Buying pure bred dogs with hot checks and then telling people he "rescued them from puppy mills in Amish Country"
What fevered brain resides inside that putrid skull of his? This SOB needs to be taken down and quickly.

How long will it take the MSM to cover this one?

[BOSSHOG]

3. The only honest thing santos has done

Is join the Republican Party.

[dalton99a]

4. Kick

[Permanut]

6. DeSantis/Santos ticket for 2024!

Has a nice ring to it. These two are the best match for the Republican model of ethics, ideals and morality.

[TheRickles]

10. Ironic, also, that both surnames mean "saintly". Ugh.

[pfitz59]

7. The GOP still won't boot or censure him

Tells you about the GOP

[certainot]

8. santos is a 'dog person'. he likes dogs. don't let your four legged friend near him.

[twodogsbarking]

12. He likes them with ketchup I think.

[EarnestPutz]

9. "Amish dog breeders" hasn't got the cache of "jewish space lasers" but give him a little more.....

......time and George will, I'm sure, blaze new trails in the crazy, leaving MGT and Lauren in his dust.

[twodogsbarking]

11. I would joke that he drowned kittens but it may be the next story about George.