OAN Staff Abril Elfi
2:59 PM – Saturday, August 17, 2024
Former GOP Representative George Santos is expected to plead guilty to multiple finance fraud charges.
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Less than a month before his trial was scheduled to start, Santos is anticipated to enter a guilty plea to several charges of campaign finance fraud on Monday, two people familiar with the situation told NBC News.
Santos was charged with 23 counts of superseding indictment, which includes wire fraud, aggravated identity theft, and making materially false statements to the Federal Election Commission.
The superseding indictment is an addition to Santos’s May 2023 federal indictment, which was filed on 13 counts related to wire fraud, money laundering, and public fund theft.
Santos had previously pleaded not guilty to all charges.
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