His Democratic predecessor in the New York seat has called him a “conman” and members of Congress haveBut Republican leaders have taken no action and after last week’s five-day standoff over Kevin McCarthy’s bid for speaker, Santos – who cast one vote for McCarthy whileon Monday, the CLC alleged that Santos and his 2022 campaign committee, Devolder-Santos for Congress, “violated federal campaign finance laws by engaging in a straw donor scheme to knowingly and willfully conceal the true sources...
The group also said Santos “deliberately report[ed] false disbursement figures on FEC disclosure reports, among many other reporting violations; and illegally us[ed] campaign funds to pay for personal expenses, including rent on a house that Santos lived in during the campaign”., of $199.99, one cent below the $200 FEC threshold for the provision of receipts.
“The concealed true source behind $705,000 in contributions to Santos’s campaign could be a corporation or foreign national – both of which are categorically barred from contributing to federal candidates – or one or more individuals, who would be precluded from contributing such a large amount, far in excess of [official] contribution limits.