George Santos’ father released him on bail: The judge reveals that the Long Island liar’s father and aunt jointly paid $500,000 in bail, which was needed to get him out of jail release detention
The mystery of who paid Republican Rep. George Santos’ $500,000 bail to break him out of federal custody has been solved — and it was his father.
The Republican liar’s father, Gercino dos Santos Jr., and his aunt, Elma Preven, were responsible for raising the funds to free Rep. Santos from prison on 13 counts, including wire fraud and theft of public funds.
The judge’s unsealing of the files on Thursday puts an end to fierce speculation as to who was behind the payment.
The Republican congressman, who has been criticized for lying about much of his resume, tried to prevent the identities of the sponsors from being released.
His attorney claimed Santos would rather remain in prison than have the identities released to the public.
The mystery of who paid Republican Rep. George Santos’ $500,000 bond to get him out of federal custody has been solved — and it was his father and aunt who raised the money
The court dismissed his appeal earlier this week, ruling that the names could be released Thursday noon.
Santos’ father lives in New York and works as a painter – and his aunt is a mail carrier with the US Postal Service, the New York Times reported.
The father and aunt of the fabulistic Republican representative did not guarantee the bond with cash or property, but agreed to be “personally responsible for the defendant’s compliance.”
Santis has been involved in a variety of problematic — and illegal — conduct since campaigning for Congress. But the lies only came to light when he was elected the new congressman for New York’s 3rd congressional district.
The indictment alleges that Santos fraudulently filed for unemployment benefits in New York because he was making $120,000 a year at a Florida investment firm.
The indictment also alleges that he spent tens of thousands of dollars donated to his congressional campaign on personal expenses like paying for his car and designer items — and lied to Congress on financial disclosure forms.