George Santos Facing 10 New Felony Charges

They include stealing the identities and credit cards of donors…

Embattled Congressman George Santos (R-N.Y.) has been hit with 10 new felony charges.

The U.S. Attorney in the Eastern District of New York had already charged the Long Island Republican with 13 counts. The new charges include conspiracy, wire fraud, false statements and identity theft. Yesterday's court filing alleged Santos and his then-campaign treasurer, Nancy Marks, falsified financial reports submitted to the Federal Election Commission in order to obtain greater support from the Republican Party.

Upon leaving a House Republican meeting Tuesday night, Santos denied knowledge of the additional charges, notably accusing him of stealing the identities of campaign donors and racking up fraudulent charges in support of his congressional campaign on their credit cards.

CBS News further reports:

In one instance, the court documents unsealed Tuesday revealed Santos allegedly racked up $15,800 in charges on a contributor's credit card, a sum far higher than federal campaign laws permit. That donor “did not know of or authorize charges exceeding such limits,” prosecutors said.

In response to the new indictment, Santos denied the charges Tuesday night and told CBS' Nikole Killion he was entitled to due process and would fight the indictments “until the bitter end.”

Santos pleaded not guilty earlier this year to a slew of charges from an original indictment that included accusations that he devised an alleged scheme to defraud prospective supporters of his 2022 congressional campaign. Prosecutors alleged he used solicited campaign donations on personal expenses including luxury designer clothes, credit card and car payments, and payments on personal debts.

The congressman is set to appear in federal court on October 27, where he will likely be arraigned on the new charges against him.

Investigators say Santos was well aware of the $250,000 fundraising threshold required for his campaign to receive support from the Republican Party. They added that text messages confirmed he was willing to embrace unorthodox methods to reach that number.

“We're going to do this a little differently. I got it,” Santos allegedly replied in one message to concerns about the fundraising qualification.

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