Controversial congressman Rep. George Santos (R-N.Y.) is beneath fireplace as soon as once more—this time for his alleged ties with a Trump confidant, the cousin of a Russian oligarch.
The Washington Submit reported on Sunday that Andrew Intrater—as soon as a Trump ally and the cousin of a sanctioned Russian oligarch Viktor Vekselberg—and his spouse every gave the utmost $5,800 to the New York congressman’s marketing campaign committee.
Additionally, Intrater apparently put a whole lot of hundreds of {dollars} into Santos’ former employer, Harbor Metropolis Capital, which was {accused} of operating a $17 million Ponzi scheme; Santos beforehand claimed that Andrew Intrater’s firm, the funding agency Columbus Nova, was his “shopper.” Neither Santos nor Intrater responded to The Washington Submit‘s requests for remark.
Intrater was beforehand within the information after it got here to gentle that Columbus Nova paid Trump’s former lawyer Michael Cohen half 1,000,000 {dollars} for consulting work. Intrater and Cohen additionally exchanged a whole lot of telephone calls and texts throughout Trump’s 2016 marketing campaign. These exchanges have been investigated as a part of Mueller’s probe into Trump’s connections to the Kremlin and potential 2016 election interference.
His ties to Intrater are simply the most recent within the turbulent uncovering of the New York congressman’s funds. Based on the Home Oversight Committee Chair on Sunday, Santos can be faraway from the Home if he’s present in violation of marketing campaign finance legal guidelines.
“He is a nasty man,” Home Oversight Committee Chair Rep. James Comer (R-Ky.) stated on Saturday on CNN’s “State of the Union”: “It is less than me or another member of Congress to find out whether or not he may be kicked out for mendacity. Now, if he broke marketing campaign finance legal guidelines, then he can be faraway from Congress.”
Visitor internet hosting Steve Bannon’s “Battle Room: Pandemic” podcast, Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-Fla.) questioned Santos about his marketing campaign funds. “One of many principal critiques I’ve heard is some huge cash was donated to your marketing campaign by you—$700,000, I consider—the place did it come from?”
“Effectively I’ll let you know the place it did not come from. It didn’t come from China, or Ukraine, or Burisma,” Santos responded. When Gaetz requested once more, Santos stumbled, “I’ve labored my total life. I’ve lived an sincere life. I’ve by no means been {accused}, sued of any unhealthy doings. So it’s the fairness of my hardworking self that I invested inside me.”
As extra is revealed concerning the congressman, requires Santos’ resignation have mounted, particularly after he was caught falsifying his resume.
